Why is brucellosis dangerous?

Brucellosis is a dangerous disease of both animals and humans. The specialists of the Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the North Kazakhstan region told about the danger of the infection and whether there are preventive measures.

Brucellosis is a severe chronic infectious, debilitating disease of animals and humans, accompanied by fever, damage to the vascular, nervous systems, as well as the musculoskeletal system. The source of infection are domestic, wild and farm animals.

“Infection of a person occurs during the provision of assistance during childbirth, abortion, slaughter and processing of carcasses, shearing wool, in contact with objects contaminated with animal secretions,” the Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control said. - The danger is not only sick animals, but also the products obtained from them. For example, when eating MEAT that has undergone insufficient heat treatment, unboiled MILK.

The causative agent of brucellosis is highly resistant to low temperatures and is stored for a long time in food products, including those stored in refrigerators and freezers. The incubation period of brucellosis lasts from a couple of days to several months.

- First, patients have fever, chills, sweating, weakness. Then headache, insomnia, sharp fluctuations in temperature during the day appear, joints are affected, especially large ones, as well as peripheral nerves in the form of sciatica and neuritis. With untimely diagnosis and initiation of treatment, severe complications occur, leading to disability. Therefore, if signs of the disease appear, you should immediately consult a DOCTOR, experts recommend.

Brucella persist for a long time in soil, manure, water, wool, and animal skins. Therefore, when working on the care of farm animals, it is recommended to use personal protective equipment: rubber gloves, mittens, dressing gown, hat, apron, boots.

- To reduce the risk of brucellosis infection, it is required to purchase farm animals only with veterinary documents. Meat and dairy products obtained from healthy animals should be purchased from designated retail outlets. People who do not comply with these rules endanger their HEALTH and the health of loved ones, - added to the DSEC NKO.