Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Synopsis
Transboundary Spread of Brucella canis through Import of Infected Dogs, the Netherlands, November 2016–December 2018
Marloes A.M. van Dijk, Marc Y. Engelsma, Vanessa X.N. Visser, Ingrid Keur, Marjolijn E. Holtslag, Nicole Willems, Björn P. Meij, Peter T.J. Willemsen, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Hendrik I.J. Roest1, and Els M. Broens1
Table 1
Overview of Brucella canis notifications and tracking investigations, the Netherlands, November 2016–December 2018*
| Notification no. | Notifyingparty | Reason for notification | Clinical diagnosis or complaint | Serologic results (NRL) | Tracking investigation |
Case ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litter (positive/tested/ identified), littermates | Contact dogs (positive/tested/identified) | ||||||
| 1 | VMDC | B. canis positive culture | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | NA | 0/1/1 | 1 |
| 2 | VMDC | Clinical complaint | Epididymitis | ˂1:50 | NA | NA | |
| 3 | VMDC | Clinical complaint | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | Litter 1 (2/2/2), 2 littermates | NA | 2, 3–4 |
| 4 | VP | Clinical complaint | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | Litter 2 (5/5/8), 5 littermates | NA | 5, 6–10 |
| 5 | NRL | Seropositive | Discospondylitis | 1:200 | NA | 0/3/5 | 11 |
| 6 | VP | Clinical complaint | Discospondylitis | 1:100 | NA | NA | |
| 7 | NRL | Seropositive | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | NA | 1 (inconclusive)/2/3 | 12 |
| 8 | NRL | Seropositive | Neck pain | 1:100 | NA | NA | |
| 9 | NRL | Seropositive | Back pain | >1:400 | Litter 3 (1/1/1), 1 littermate | 0/0/2 | 13, 14 |
| 10 | NRL | Seropositive | Behavioral problem | >1:400 | NA | 0/0/2 | 15 |
| 11 | NRL | Seropositive | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | NA | NA | 16 |
| 12 | VP | Clinical complaint | Lameness | ˂1:50 | NA | NA | |
| 13 | VMDC | B. canis positive culture | Lameness | >1:400 | NA | NA | 17 |
| 14 | VP | Clinical complaint | Lameness | ˂1:50 | NA | NA | |
| 15 | VP | Clinical complaint | Epididymitis | ˂1:50 | NA | NA | |
| 16 | NRL | Seropositive | Discospondylitis | >1:400 | NA | NA | 18 |
*ID, identification; NA, not applicable; NRL, National Reference Laboratory; VMDC, Veterinary Microbiological Diagnostic Center, Utrecht University; VP, veterinary practitioner.
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.
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