About a million dairy goats are being raised today in the United States for milk and cheese production.

About a million dairy goats are being raised today in the United States for milk and cheese production. The high protein and depressed cholesterol levels in their milk--plus its agreeability to many consumer who are unable to drink cow's milk--are steadily increasing its popularity.

on the other hand producers need to be constantly forward the lookout for infection of their animals at Brucella melitensis. This bacterium causes a disease called brucellosis in sheep and goats. In persons B. melitensis infection causes Malta febrile affection characterized by fever and headaches.

While not many cases of brucellosis have occurr in U livestock since 1972 it's essential that agriculturists maintain vigilance to ensure that it doesn't in some way infect their herds. B. melitensis is particularly general in Latin America, central and southwest Asia, and the Mediterranean region.

Now a proof for detecting B. melitensis in principal part goat's milk has been exhibited by modifying an ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) example originally developed in 1984 to check cattle for B abortus.

Louisa B Tabatabai, USDA-ARS National Animal Disease Center Ames, Iowa; phone (515) 294-6284 e-mail lbt@iastate.edu.

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