PHS FOI 2025-002269
- Date of request
- 31 October 2025
- Date of response
- 21 November 2025
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2025-002269
- Conditions and diseases
Request
“Please can you tell me:
- (broken down by year between the period 2022 - 2025), how many cases of Brucella canis infection have been diagnosed in humans in Scotland?
- What the diagnostic criteria was for determining this infection?
- Whether Public Health Scotland has adopted the same diagnostic criteria as England did in 2024 (retrofitted to 2022), and, if so, for what perio d NI have retrofitted this to? The criteria are outlined in this report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-animal-associated-infections-2024/common-animal-associated-infections-england-annual-report-2024”