Brucellosis, decease from a bacterium of the genus brucella. The bacterium is extremely contagious. The infection can transfer to human from animals. Also called as Malta Fever or Undulant Fever, this intracellular parasites can cause chronic decease and highly fatal.

Infected animal should be tested to check if there is a possibility to culture brucella canis from the blood. Veterinarians highly recommend to do a retest dog that are positive with the virus. There are many false-positive cases regarding in-house test. It is best not to breed without testing both female and male dogs for this virus.

It is very hard to get a successful treatment with brucellosis. The most effective, which is also most expensive medication, is the combination of streptomysin and minocycline. Tetracycline can be use instead of minocycline to decrease costs but the effectiveness of the treatment is compromise. infected animal should be considered carriers even if treated.

Infected animal suffers from orchitis and scrotal inflammation. This can also cause uveitis due to eye infection and intervertebral infection that can cause weakness and pain.

Brucella canis is the bacteria where the decease brucellosis came from. This decease spread during mating with a contact with contaminated fetuses and uterus discharge from infected female dogs. There are some cases that the decease can transfer airborne. Through the mucus membrane the bacteria enters and spread to the spleen to the lymph nodes. These bacteria also spread to the placenta, uterus and prostate glands.