An overview of the eradication of XXXX from KwaZulu-Natal.

@entity1 @entity742 @entity281 @entity744 @entity6467 @entity1237
@entity6467 is a Gram-negative bacterium whose primary hosts are @entity1237 and @entity742 . Like the other BrucelIa spp., with the exception of @entity744 , it is not particularly host specific as it is pathogenic for a variety of other @entity1 species including @entity1 . In @entity1 the disease caused by it is rated as one of the most important zoonoses. Three outbreaks have been recorded in @entity1237 and @entity742 in South Africa; the first outbreak occurred in @entity742 in 1965 in the Mpumalanga and Northern Provinces (then both part of the Transvaal Province), the second occurred in @entity742 in 1989 near Pretoria, Gauteng Province, and the third and current outbreak was diagnosed in a flock of @entity1237 in northern KwaZulu-Natal in September 1994. Following the initial diagnosis of @entity6467 in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal, a serological survey was conducted in order to identify foci of @entity281 in the @entity1237 and @entity742 populations. Six positive foci were identified. In March 1996 a test-and-slaughter eradication campaign was initiated in these areas. Initial test results revealed a prevalence of between 1.23% and 4.02 %. All positive animals were identified and slaughtered. Eradication programmes were repeated between March 1996 and June 2000, in the populations at risk, and the disease prevalence was reduced in all the affected populations.
