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China: Analysis on the prevention and control of brucellosis in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia

Updated Sep 28, 2023
Brucellosis (hereinafter referred to as brucellosis) is a zoonotic infectious disease. It is one of the zoonotic infectious diseases that China currently focuses on prevention and control. It poses a great threat to the health of the people and the safety of breeding production. Domestic animals infected with brucellosis will experience symptoms such as miscarriage, infertility, stillbirth, arthritis, etc. Sick cattle and sheep are the main source of infection for human brucellosis. People infected with brucellosis will develop fever, sweating, joint pain, etc., and severe cases Can lose the ability to work. Since 2018, due to reasons such as the rise in sheep prices, which has led to a substantial increase in live livestock transportation, the brucellosis epidemic in Inner Mongolia has rebounded. In 2021, Baotou City, like the entire autonomous region, will see a significant upward trend in brucellosis, especially Guyang County has been designated as a key prevention and control flag (county) by the autonomous region, and the prevention and control situation is complex and severe. Last year, Baotou City implemented a number of measures to curb the rising trend of brucellosis. In 2022, the number of human brucellosis cases in the city dropped by 25% year-on-year. %, and the positive rate among livestock in key areas dropped by 26% year-on-year. In particular, the positive rate among humans and livestock in Guyang County dropped by 45% and 65% respectively year-on-year. Recently, reporters visited Guyang County, Baotou City to explore its experience in brucellosis prevention and control . The immune effect has been greatly improved. In the sheep pen of a farmer in Shimenzi Village, Guyang County, epidemic prevention officer Su Bingxiong, who was wearing a blue protective suit, a mask and rubber gloves, was injecting the brucellosis vaccine into the sheep. He grabbed a piece of brucellosis vaccine with his left hand. On the back of the sheep's neck, his right hand skillfully used a continuous syringe to inoculate the leg. When his left hand let go of the sheep, he quickly took out a can of yellow spray paint and made a mark on the sheep's body.
Brucellosis (hereinafter referred to as brucellosis) is a zoonotic infectious disease. It is one of the zoonotic infectious diseases that my country currently focuses on prevention and control. It poses a great threat to the health of the people and the safety of breeding production. Domestic animals infected with brucellosis will suffer from symptoms such as miscarriage, infertility, stillbirth, arthritis, etc. Sick cattle and sheep are the main source of infection of human brucellosis. People infected with brucellosis will have fever, sweating, joint pain, etc., and severe cases Can lose the ability to work. Since 2018, the brucellosis epidemic in Inner Mongolia has rebounded due to reasons such as the rise in sheep prices, which has led to a substantial increase in live animal transportation. In 2021, Baotou City, like the entire autonomous region, will see a significant upward trend in brucellosis epidemics, especially in Guyang County. The autonomous region has been ...
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