By JOHN MUCHIBIMore by this AuthorBrucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic disease that primarily affects animals, but can be transmitted to humans. There are several strains of Brucella that affects different animals and they include:• Brucella abortus: Affects cattle, causing bovine brucellosis (contagious abortion). • Brucella ovis: Affects sheep, causing ovine brucellosis. Infected cows will continue to shed bacteria through the vaginal fluid discharge until after parturition when the discharge stops. Infected cows will abort between the 5th and 7th months of pregnancy though not all infected cows abort.

Source: Daily Nation April 17, 2018 09:33 UTC