A Review of Swine Brucellosis in Ethiopia: Epidemiology, World Distribution, Risk Factors of Infection, Public Health and Economic Importance

Abstract

Brucellosis is an emerging disease causing devastates loss in the livestock industry and considered as contagious bug producing chronic infections however it is one of the world’s neglected zoonosis. Though epidemiological data are limited, swine brucellosis occurs with different rate of incidence in sub Saharan African countries. There are several reports on the prevalence rate of the disease in most parts of Ethiopia in different animal species except in pigs. This review denotes the epidemiology of the bacteria, an overview of its distribution, and Risk factors of infection and Public Health importance.