Taber's Medical Dictionary
Brucella
(broo-sel′ă)
[Sir David Bruce, Brit. physician and bacteriologist, 1855-1931]
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, coccobacilli that are pathogenic to humans and cause undulant fever and abortion in cattle, hogs, and goats.
SEE: brucellosis
Brucella abortus
The species that causes contagious abortion in cattle, dogs, and other domestic animals.
Brucella melitensis
The species that causes brucellosis in goats.
Brucella suis
The species that causes brucellosis in swine.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Brucella." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella.
Brucella. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella. Accessed September 26, 2020.
Brucella. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved September 26, 2020, from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella
Brucella [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2020 September 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella.
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