World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 148: Joint FAO/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Brucellosis

By Sanford S. Elberg

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Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 148: Joint FAO/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Brucellosis
Author:	Sanford S. Elberg
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON BRUCELLOSIS Third Report The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Brucellosis met m Lima, Peru, from 9 to 14 October 1957. Dr W. Mr.S pink ~ ra,s elected Chairman ; Dr A. W. Stableforth, Vice-chairman : and Dr T. B. hiicCullough, Rapporteur. At the inaugural session, in the Sala de Sesiones of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, the Director-General of Health, Dr Julio Mufioz Puglisevich, welcomed the Committee to Peru, spoke of the importance of the problem of brucellosis in Peru, and presented to the Committee, for consideration in its deliberations, a number of questions on technical aspects of brucellosis control.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . Routes of transmission from animals to man . . . . . . . . 7 2 . Brucellosis in human beings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 . Brucellosis in animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 . Standardization and interpretation of the sero-agglutination test 22 5 . Isolation of Brucella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6 . Identification of species of Brucella . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7 . FAO!WHO brucellosis centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 8 . Future research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Annex 1 . Work of the FAOIWHO brucellosis centres . . . . . 28 Annex 2 . Interpretation of the sero-agglutination test in vaccinated and non-vaccinated cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Annex 3 . The vaginal mucus agglutination test . . . . . . . . '33 Annex 4 . Guide to United States Government brucellosis regulations for the inter-state movement of cattle . . . . . 33 Annex 5 . Uniform methods and rules for the establishment and maintenance of certified brucellosis-free herds of cattle and modified-certified areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Annex 6 . The complement-fixation test . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Annex 7 . Preparation and standardization of stained antigen for the milk ring test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Annex 8 . Properties of three vaccines for the prevention of Br . melitei7sis infection in goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Annex 9 . The International Standard Anti-Brucella abortus Serum : advantages of the adoption of an international unitage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Annex 10 . Selective media for the culture of Brzrcella from potentially contaminated samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50