Medicine: Beware of Brucellosis

Every year, 2,000,000 cattle in the U.S. become infected with Bang's disease (brucellosis), which causes cows to abort and infects milk—a double loss to dairymen. The cost to the milk and beef industries is close to $100 million annually. Among pigs, too, the disease is rampant, but no one has counted the cost. Humans also get the disease (often called undulant fever). Only 4,000 to 6,000 human cases are reported every year, but doctors suspect that there are really 30,000 to 40,000 cases.

Last week, the National Research Council was urging a nationwide campaign to stop the disease where it starts—down on...

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