Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An infectious disease in humans caused by some species of bacteria of the genus Brucella, that is transmitted by contact with infected animals or raw milk products and marked by fever, malaise, severe headache, and joint pain.
- noun An infectious disease chiefly of domestic animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and dogs, that is caused by some species of bacteria of the genus Brucella, and sometimes results in spontaneous abortions in newly infected animals.
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- noun pathology
infection by thebacterium ,Brucella , which is carried byruminants . Symptoms include recurring fevers, sweating, weakness,anorexia ,headaches ,depression and generalized aches and pains.
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- noun infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
- noun an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When they do, they're either forced back in by armed men on horseback and in helicopters, or slaughtered to make sure they don't spread a disease to cattle (even though there's no hard evidence of wild bison ever transmitting the feared disease, known as brucellosis, to domestic livestock).
Scott Dodd: The Homeless Herd: Why Is Ted Turner's Ranch Getting These Wild Bison? 2009
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SIMON (voice-over): Limited tolerance because the fear is the bison carry a disease called brucellosis, the disease which causes pregnant animals to abort their young, can spread to cattle.
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SIMON: Limited tolerance because of fears the bison carry a disease called brucellosis, a disease which causes pregnant animals to abort their young can spread to cattle.
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That's because government livestock officials fear that bison, which carry a disease called brucellosis, may transmit the disease to cattle.
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The so-called brucellosis disease problem in wildlife is actually the brucellosis fraud.
Missoula Independent Matthew Frank 2010
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The animals have been held for several years at the Montana facility as part of a state-federal program to isolate and protect bison free of brucellosis, which is found in many of the animals in the Yellowstone area.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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Although brucellosis exists in wildlife in Wyoming, cattle in the state have been classified as brucellosis-free since September 2006.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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Although brucellosis exists in wildlife in Wyoming, cattle in the state have been classified as brucellosis-free since September 2006.
High Plains Journal 2009
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Returning to England as "the Heroine of the Crimea", she used personal illness (a disabling condition that Bostridge and his peers identify as brucellosis) to hold her family at bay so as to be free to focus on the business of sanitary and medical reform for which she has become justly celebrated.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk Miranda Seymour 2008
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But the knowledge that diseases such as brucellosis and papillomavirus are being found ever more frequently in dolphins may, ironically be what forces the end of eating dolphin meat.
chained_bear commented on the word brucellosis
Usage note on sarcocystosis.
September 17, 2008
trivet commented on the word brucellosis
Also called bangs, 'specially when referring to vaccination.
remembering afternoons of my childhood spent brushing on ink for bangs tattoos...
September 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word brucellosis
Hmm. Trivet, what do you mean? Can you use the word in a typical sentence? I'm puzzled by your comment and would like to understand it better.
September 17, 2008
trivet commented on the word brucellosis
Okay -
All heifers must get bangs vaccinated before reaching one year or being sold.
Where I grew up, at least, not only did they have to have paper record of vaccine, but each cow was also given a tattoo and an orange ear tag with the record number. I was in charge of inking ears and loading the tagger.
September 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word brucellosis
Oh! Okay, that makes eminent sense. Thanks for explaining!
September 17, 2008