Over the last couple of years there has been an increasing awareness of the risks posed by Brucella Canis infection in dogs. While the incidence is very low in the UK and much of western Europe, the disease is endemic in eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean countries and the much of the rest of the world. In dogs the disease has a carrier state where the dog shows no signs but remains infected for many years. Historically, most imported dogs have not been tested by an a
