The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) announced on Tuesday that brucellosis was confirmed in an animal from a Gallatin County ranch. According to a DOL news release, a voluntary herd test last month indicated the animal had been exposed to and is infected with the bacterial disease that can infect humans,. DOL quarantined the herd after the animal tested positive and samples were sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Iowa and infection was confirmed. The source has not yet been determined.
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