Update of National Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Programs

Abstract

The brucellosis eradication program was making progress towards reducing the number of infected herds until about 1972. A number of problems, including a reduction in funds and manpower due to the detailing of personnel to the VEE eradication program, the exotic Newcastle disease eradication efforts, and the hog cholera eradication campaign, resulted in an increase in the incidence of brucellosis throughout the country. This increase was observed in both the high-risk and the predominantly clean populations.