- Intra-cellular, gram negative rod
- Farmers, live stock handlers - as spread to humans from infected cattle, sheep and goats
- Exposure to aerosolized fluids during work w/animals, during birthing
- Rarely via consumption raw milk
- Fever
- Chills
- Severe ha
- Myalgias
- Incubation 5d-2w
- Many recover spont
- Can cause pneumonia, hepatitis, myocarditis
- Sometimes findings of pneumonia, hepatitis, chf