DairyNews
February 27, 2009 Friday

Armenia: Brucellosis registered in Shirak region

ABSTRACT
A total of 140 head of cattle are infected with brucellosis in 26
households in the village Artashen, the Shirak region. There is no
vaccine against the disease in the country, and all the animals are to
be slaughtered. According to the regional sanitary epidemic centre,
the infected meat will be delivered to the sausage producing companies
as the brucellosis bacilli is destroyed by thermal processing. No
people suffered.