Herd-prevalence of Coxiella burnetii(Q fever) antibodies in dairy cattle farms based on bulk tank milk analysis  

作　　者：Mohammad Khalili Ehsanollah Sakhaee Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian Naser Shahabi-Nejad 

机构地区：[1]Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran [2]Department of Pathobiology,School of Veterinary Medicine,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman,Iran [3]Department of Clinical Sciences,School of Veterinary Medicine,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman,Iran

出　　处：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》2011年第1期58-60,共3页亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）

基　　金：financially supported by Research Center for Tropical and Infectious Diseases,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran and Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman,Iran

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：Q FEVER COXIELLA burnetii Bulk tank milk DAIRY CATTLE ELISA Iran 

分 类 号：S858.23[农业科学—临床兽医学]