自从采用了根除牛的疾病方案之后,英国的布氏菌病现已罕见。1981年在英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰99%以上的畜群根据血液检查已经被鉴定为无布氏菌病的合格地区。然而1983年很少的畜群(0.1%,162群)仍还有活动性牛种布氏菌感染。其中根除方案失败的地区是最后提交根除方案的地区,它们是东北英格兰,达尔文,康瓦耳和威尔士。在英国推测人类感染的数量从1970年初期的600例以上降到1980年的20例。这20例中其中几例由于最近诊断为慢性感染而受到重 Brucellosis in the United Kingdom is now uncommon since the disease was eradicated. In 1981, more than 99% of herds in England, Wales, and Scotland were identified as having no brucellosis based on blood tests. However, very few herds in 1983 (0.1%, group 162) still had active bovine brucella infections. The areas where the eradication program failed were the areas where the eradication program was last submitted: northeast England, Darwin, Cornwall and Wales. In the UK, the number of human infections is assumed to have dropped from over 600 in early 1970 to 20 in 1980. Of these 20 cases, several have been affected by the recent diagnosis of chronic infection