| Autor: |
Diana S, Gliga, Walter, Basso, Flurin, Ardüser, Gaia, Moore-Jones, Gereon, Schares, Patrik, Zanolari, Caroline F, Frey |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in veterinary science. 9 |
| ISSN: |
2297-1769 |
| Popis: |
We conducted a cross-sectional study with cattle farms randomly selected and stratified according to population size, resulting in a sample of 780 female cattle. The cattle originated from 161 farms distributed over all Switzerland. The serum samples were tested for antibodies againstBy ELISA and immunoblot, 4.2% (33/780) of cattle sera yielded positive results. At the farm level, 16.2% (26/161) of the sampled farms had at least one seropositive animal. The return rate of the valid questionnaires was 54.0%. At the animal level, odds for farm seropositivity were 3.8 times higher when rodents had been recorded by the farmer as a problem on the farm. At the farm-level, two protective factors were identified: rearing of replacement heifers and feeding of concentrated feed.We recorded a low seroprevalence of |
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OpenAIRE |
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