Brucellois is spread through breeding and coming into contact with bitches who have recently whelped..most often aborted a litter and it is spread through the discharge, correct?
If you have a bitch who has never been bred, never been around breeding dogs, I am told the chances of brucellois are zero.
A male used at stud, needs to be tested...and from that point on, all bitches who come IN for stud service need to be tested prior to the breeding...my vets said there is no need to repeatly test your studs unless you do not require bitches for stud service be tested..once negative, always negative within your own kennel...BUT if you go out for stud service, then you need to ask the stud be tested also...do not want to bring it back via your bitch.
I never tested my own bitches...since the studs were free of it, there was no way they could give it to the bitches who had never been bred or been around a positive dog... the disease is not airborne and can not be brought in by humans, like parvo and other problems.. |