THERAPIES FOR BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS

A review is given on therapies for cattle infected with Brucella speci es. Although there is presently a lack of low cost, effective medical treatment for these infections, recent developments suggest that new t herapies are about to become available. Those discussed are combinatio ns of antibiotics, more effective potent antibiotics, liposome encapsu lation of antibiotics (to increase their potency and to deliver these to the site of infection), new liposome formulations, bacteriophage th erapy, vaccination after infection and immune-modulators. The followin g review describes some of these new therapies and presents some benef its and limitations in their use.