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This is caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus. The disease has largely been eradicated in the EU and totally eradicated in the UK, where it is notifiable. It is highly contagious via the products of abortion and is a zoonosis. It will cause late abortion storms in naive cattle. There are two vaccines available, one of which does not interfere with the serology used for eradication programmes. Diagnosis is by bacteriological examination of the fetus, the placenta and milk, or by the detection of antibodies in blood or milk.