How to Use brucellosis in a Sentence
brucellosis
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And brucellosis does have chronic forms that can hang around for years.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
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The shipment includes bison and their descendants who were trapped to prevent the spread of the disease brucellosis.
—USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2019
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Elk in this region are reservoirs for brucellosis, which can cause cows to abort and force ranchers to quarantine herds.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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Feed grounds help keep elk from raiding cattle feedlines and haystacks — and from spreading brucellosis.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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The plant, which is ringed by high-rise apartment complexes on the southern bank of the Yellow River, was set up for the production of vaccines to prevent brucellosis.
—David Willman, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
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As folks saw in the midseason finale, a bacterial disease called brucellosis threatened to wipe out his cattle, forcing him to send the herd down to Texas.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 25 Feb. 2023
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Most bison that leave the park during their winter migration to feeding grounds outside the park are shot by hunters or shipped to slaughter because of worries about brucellosis.
—Matthew Brown, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
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To prevent the spread of diseases like bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, the USDA needs to identify and track livestock.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2020
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The cultural herd passes through a quarantine system to prevent the spread of brucellosis, a disease feared by cattle ranchers.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
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The leaking pathogens were bacteria that cause brucellosis, a common livestock disease that can lead to chronic illness or even death in humans if not treated.
—David Willman, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
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The researchers found the main threats were loss of food supply to climate change or overgrazing and brucellosis, a disease that can lead to swollen joints and reproductive issues that can limit calf and adult survival.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2023
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They were intended to be a line of defense against naturally occurring pathogens such as brucellosis and anthrax, as well as bubonic plague.
—Maryn McKenna, Wired, 29 Mar. 2022
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Elk, which are also infected with brucellosis, move freely within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
—Brett French, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2022
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The researchers found samples of Brucella melitensis, which is a harmful bacteria that causes the disease brucellosis.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Aug. 2018
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By the end of December, at least 181 people at the institute had been infected with brucellosis, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
—Jessie Yeung and Eric Cheung, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020
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It may also have been born infertile and susceptible to a host of canine diseases, such as parvovirus, distemper, and brucellosis.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
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In humans, a brucellosis infection can cause undulant fever and fatigue.
—Jim Robbins Michael Hanson, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
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The relocation idea came up in the midseason finale when a bacterial disease called brucellosis threatened to wipe out the Yellowstone cattle if they weren't moved soon.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2023
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The risk that bison will spread brucellosis—the disease that causes miscarriages in livestock and which can be transmitted between the two species—also alarms many ranchers and fuels their resistance to the idea of free-roaming bison.
—Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021
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This is largely because many livestock ranchers don’t want the competition for space and grass, and are worried about the spread of brucellosis, a disease that can cause livestock, as well as deer, elk, and other wildlife, to miscarry their fetuses.
—Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021
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Bison outside of Yellowstone National Park are limited to a 400-square mile zone of public land to prevent the spread of brucellosis, a serious infectious disease, to livestock.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2023
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This small group of bison is a success story in wildlife managers’ efforts to control the spread of brucellosis, a bacterial disease carried by roughly 50 percent of Yellowstone's bison.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2014
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Joel Bousman, a Sublette County commissioner and rancher, said the state feed grounds provide some peace of mind about brucellosis, an ever-present threat to operators whose businesses survive on the margins.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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The first had brucellosis, an uncommon foodborne disorder.
—Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 26 June 2017
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Yellow fever, various forms of influenza, rabies, brucellosis and Lyme disease are among those that pass from animals to humans, often via a vector such as a rodent or an insect.
—Sam Kiley, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
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Montana livestock officials restrict when and where Yellowstone bison can migrate to prevent them from spreading the disease brucellosis to cattle.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2017
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Bison routinely leave Yellowstone and head north into Montana each winter, raising concerns that the animals could spread brucellosis to cattle.
—CBS News, 6 Dec. 2021
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However, much of this population carries brucellosis, a disease that causes cows to miscarry and which can easily be passed on to commercial livestock.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2014
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But, short of vaccinating for brucellosis or dropping caribou feed, predators are the only problem that can be addressed immediately.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2023
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Officials say the plan includes putting 110 bison into brucellosis quarantine to produce disease-free bison.
—USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2019
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