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DISTRICT ROHRBACH / URFAHR ENVIRONMENT. After a few weeks, brucellosis, a rare infectious disease, was detected on a dairy farm in the district of Rohrbach. A total of 1,327 dairy farms were inspected in the districts of Rohrbach and Urfahr-Umgebung. On four other farms, suspicion has been confirmed. As is now known, four people from the immediate vicinity of the farms were also infected, in two cases the disease broke out.
Both patients are treated at the hospital and are recovering, confirms Georg Pamisano. The disease leads to high fever, it is treated with antibiotics. The mortality rate is very low
Two other people are infected with the pathogen detected by laboratory tests, but they have no symptoms.
Infection with raw milk
Contagion occurs through contact with infested liquids or consumption of raw milk. For consumers, however, there is no danger because the companies involved do not operate direct marketing. They deliver milk to dairies, where pathogens are killed during pasteurization.
Banned for the transport of milk and animals
Currently, the four dairy farms tested positive for brucellosis are closed to the transport of milk and animals. The previous sampling of all direct marketing dairy farms has turned out to be negative. There is no danger for consumers.
The pathogen was not detected in the 1,332 dairy cattle farms of the Rohrbach and Urfahr-Umgebung districts. Brucellosis first appeared in mid-June in the district of Rohrbach. Half of the approximately 100 dairy cows were diagnosed with the disease. The animals had to be slaughtered
Whole animal population controlled
The Authority took all necessary measures to prevent the spread of the disease. The state veterinary service of Upper Austria has checked all animal stocks of affected farms on Tuesday morning. Currently, all animal movements of these farms are studied.
Brucellosis causes miscarriage and fawns. Control focuses on the detection, isolation and eradication of infected animals as well as the control of animal traffic to prevent the spread of the pathogen. Austria has been officially free from brucellosis for more than two decades, as have its neighbors.
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