Brucella suis Infection in Dog Fed Raw Meat, the Netherlands

Abstract

A Brucella suis biovar 1 infection was diagnosed in a dog without typical exposure risks, but the dog had been fed a raw meat–based diet (hare carcasses imported from Argentina). Track and trace investigations revealed that the most likely source of infection was the dog’s raw meat diet.

Keywords

• Brucella suis biovar 1
• brucellosis
• zoonoses
• dog
• raw meat diet
• foodborne transmission