Volume 3, Number 2—June 1997
THEME ISSUE
From the 1st International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses
From the 1st International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses
Brucellosis: an Overview
Table 5
Brucellosis in animals, Oceania, 1994
| Bovine |
Ovine/caprine |
Porcine |
Ovine |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | (B. abortus) | (B. melitensis) | (B. suis) | (B. ovis) |
| Australia | - | - | (+) | + |
| Cook Island | - | ND | - | ND |
| New Caledonia | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | - | - | - | ++ |
| Samoa | + | ND | ND | ND |
++ high prevalence
+ present
(+) limited presence
- not present
ND no data
None of the four types of brucellosis is present in Vanuatu
