Bovine brucellosis is widespread in India and appears to be on the increase in recent times, perhaps due to increased trade, rapid movement and failure of prevention programes. Despite the advances made in the diagnosis and therapy, brucellosis is still wide spread and its prevalence in many developing countries is increasing. It is one of the worlds major zoonoses that still is of veterinarian, public health and economic concern in many parts of the world. There is an occupational risk to veterinarians, laboratory technicians and farmers who handle infected animals and aborted fetuses or...