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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Brucella." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella.
Brucella. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella. Accessed December 8, 2023.
Brucella. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella
Brucella [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 08]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/731964/all/Brucella.
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