RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A brucellosis that involves an infection caused by Brucella melitensis [NCBITaxon:29459] in cattle, goats, sheep and humans. The disease has_symptom fever, has_symptom malaise, has_symptom anorexia, has_symptom limb pain and has_symptom back pain. (DO)