Herd–prevalence of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) antibodies in dairy cattle farms based on bulk tank milk analysis
| Autor: | Mohammad Ali Khalili, Naser Shahabi-Nejad, Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian, Ehsanollah Sakhaee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Veterinary medicine
Cattle Diseases Q fever Bulk tank milk Iran Seroepidemiologic Studies parasitic diseases medicine Dairy cattle Animals Humans Bulk tank Medicine(all) High prevalence biology General Medicine Coxiella burnetii biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Milk Herd biology.protein ELISA Cattle Antibody Q Fever Herd prevalence |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 4:58-60 |
| ISSN: | 1995-7645 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the prevalence of Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) antibody positive randomly selected dairy herds in southeast Iran (Kerman). Methods Bulk tank milk samples were collected randomly from 44 sufficiently large commercial dairy herds, included near 12 000 dairy cattle, in Kerman (The largest province of Iran), southeast Iran. The samples were tested for antibodies against C. burnetii using the commercial CHEKIT® Q fever antibody ELISA Test Kit (Idexx, Liebefeld-Bern, Switzerland). Results The prevalence of positive, negative and intermediate herds were 45.4%, 43.2% and 11.4%, respectively. Conclusions The result supports the hypothesis of high prevalence and endemic pattern of Q fever in Iran. This investigation highlights the importance of further studies on Q fever in Iran. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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