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3. Brucella Also known as Bang’s disease, Brucella is the ingestion of unsterilized meat or milk and can be passed from human to human through sexual contact or from mother to child. They are rod shaped parasites that persist through life. It is also very highly contagious.

4. Symptoms Symptoms include profuse sweating and joint and muscle pain. And can continue for life

5. What contains it Brucella can be found in contaminated meat and milk. Most meat containing Brucella would be beef.

6. How the meat is infected Most animals are infected at birth or abortion. Once exposed the disease the likelihood of the animal getting is variable. It depends on the pregnancy, age, health and the amount of bacteria the anima is exposed to.

7. How it Can be Prevented It can be prevented by pasteurizing all milk and meats before use and distribution.

9. Website used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brucellosis