Bulk milk testing for zoonotic disease surveillance

Infectious zoonotic diseases transmissible through milk such as Q fever, brucellosis, salmonellosis, and tuberculosis pose considerable public health risks to those who consume raw milk, and cause major economic losses in dairy herds worldwide. A core requirement of a successful surveillance programme in dairy herds is testing the aggregated bulk milk samples to establish baseline levels against which effects of intervention efforts can be measured. Q Fever Q fever is caused by Coxiella burne