Opportunities for Brucellosis Control in Mexico: Views Based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Perspective

Montiel, David Oseguera; Frankena, K.; Udo, H.M.J.; Zijpp, Akke van der

doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00216

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“…This concurs with a recent study on opportunities for brucellosis control in Mexico. The authors underline the importance of a participatory control strategy to understand farmer’s practices, interests and motivations [ 43 ]. Giving stakeholders a chance to voice their opinions and feelings is instrumental to increase trust and cooperation [ 44 ].…”

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One Health evaluation of brucellosis control in Kazakhstan

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2022

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Brucellosis is one of the main livestock disease risks in Kazakhstan. It’s been endemic there since 1930, accounting for over 1300 human cases per annum. The economic loss was 45 million USD in 2015 alone. Since 1952, Kazakhstan has implemented various control strategies with little success. One Health approaches have been suggested to tackle brucellosis, however, there is a lack of evidence for best practices to operationalise One Health in the literature, and methods for implementation are not established. The intention of this study was to introduce the One Health approach during the evaluation phase of the policy cycle. A two-day workshop was organized by the authors to familiarize participants with the evaluation methodology. Twenty-one specialists representing veterinary and public health sector, together with researchers, took part in this study. For two weeks following the workshop, first author conducted individual interviews with workshop participants to obtain individual scorings to assess knowledge integration capacity (One Health-ness). The evaluation results show that there is a lack of knowledge about the perceived damage caused by brucellosis to animal owners and other stakeholders. There is insufficient data available about farmers’ practices, interests and motivations, and also data is missing for important transmission processes such as the amount of unsafe dairy consumption. The absence of such data illustrates the extent of the uncertainty to which decision-makers are exposed despite well-elaborated transmission models and supports the importance of co-producing solutions with participatory methods. The results suggest the need for broader involvement of stakeholders. Outputs of this study could help navigate the initial stages of One Health operationalization.

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One Health evaluation of brucellosis control in Kazakhstan

Charypkhan

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2022

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“…A second one is that eradication in resource-limited regions where individual prevalence is “low” (usually accepted to be below 2% with unclear basis [ 83 , 98 , 99 ]) can be achieved by the sole application of T/S, without suitable individual identification of all animals, control of movements and compensatory measures for diagnosis and culling [ 71 ]. Indeed, despite the widespread “sophisticated” eradication rules written on governmental documents, progress has been unsatisfactory wherever vaccination is insufficient (including the issue of ineffective vaccines discussed in Section 3.7 ) or nonexistent, and when owners have to cover the T/S costs [ 70 , 98 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 ].…”

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Facing the Human and Animal Brucellosis Conundrums: The Forgotten Lessons

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Brucellosis is a major zoonotic disease caused by Brucella species. Historically, the disease received over fifty names until it was recognized as a single entity, illustrating its protean manifestations and intricacies, traits that generated conundrums that have remained or re-emerged since they were first described. Here, we examine confusions concerning the clinical picture, serological diagnosis, and incidence of human brucellosis. We also discuss knowledge gaps and prevalent confusions about animal brucellosis, including brucellosis control strategies, the so-called confirmatory tests, and assumptions about the primary-binding assays and DNA detection methods. We describe how doubtfully characterized vaccines have failed to control brucellosis and emphasize how the requisites of controlled safety and protection experiments are generally overlooked. Finally, we briefly discuss the experience demonstrating that S19 remains the best cattle vaccine, while RB51 fails to validate its claimed properties (protection, differentiating infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA), and safety), offering a strong argument against its current widespread use. These conundrums show that knowledge dealing with brucellosis is lost, and previous experience is overlooked or misinterpreted, as illustrated in a significant number of misguided meta-analyses. In a global context of intensifying livestock breeding, such recurrent oversights threaten to increase the impact of brucellosis.

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Opportunities for Brucellosis Control in Mexico: Views Based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Perspective

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One Health evaluation of brucellosis control in Kazakhstan

One Health evaluation of brucellosis control in Kazakhstan

Facing the Human and Animal Brucellosis Conundrums: The Forgotten Lessons

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