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- Title
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) seroprevalence in cattle.
- Authors
Mccaughey, C.; Murray, L. J.; Mckenna, J. P.; Menzies, F. D.; Mccullough, S. J.; O'Neill, H. J.; Wyatt, D. E.; Cardwell, C. R.; Coyle, P. V.
- Abstract
Human cases of Q fever appear to be common in Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the British Isles. The purpose of this study was to describe the seroepidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in cattle in Northern Ireland in terms of seroprevalence and determinants of infection. A total of 5182 animals (from a stratified systematic random sample of 273 herds) were tested with a commercial C. burnetii phase 2 IgG ELISA. A total of 6.2% of animals and 48.4% of herds tested positively. Results from a multilevel logistic regression model indicated that the odds of cattle being infected with Q fever increased with age, Friesian breed, being from large herds and from dairy herds. Large dairy herd animal prevalence was 12.5% compared to 2.1% for small beef herds. Preliminary seroprevalence in sheep (12.3%), goats (9.3%), pigs (0%) rats (9.7%) and mice (3.2%) using indirect immunofluorescence is reported.
- Subjects
NORTHERN Ireland; COXIELLA burnetii; SEROPREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CATTLE diseases; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2010, Vol 138, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0950268809002854