November 2009

The Food and Agriculture Organization is promoting control measures to reduce the prevalence of brucellosis in Tajikistan and limit its spread within and across Central Asia and the Caucasus

Brucellosis is an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by contact with different species of bacteria called Brucella. This bacterium can infect cattle, goats, camels, dogs, pigs, yaks, buffaloes, and some marine mammals. Humans can easily be infected through contact with birth fluids and placenta or foetus of infected animals, and by eating or drinking un-pasteurized milk or cheeses...