Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection in domestic ruminants: A critical review

Guatteo, Raphaël R.; Seegers, Henri H.; Taurel, Anne-Frieda; Joly, Alain; Beaudeau, François

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.10.007

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“…Because herd seroprevalence was being investigated, animals were clustered in herds, and a standard cluster sampling approach was used to determine the sample size requirement (Thrusfield 2005 Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_State_Level/Washington/ wav1.pdf). On the basis of the observed average cluster size of 10 per herd (farm), and assuming a herd prevalence of 0.10 and a between-herd variance in prevalence of 0.06 (Guatteo et al 2011), a total of 98 clusters were required to achieve a precision of < 0.05 and a 95% confidence level in herd prevalence.…”

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“…The range of reported seroprevalence in domestic goats worldwide varies from 6.5% in Greece to 65% in Iran (Khalili andSakhaee 2009, Pape et al 2009). In North America, the reported seroprevalence varies from 3.5% to 19% in Canada (Lang 1989, Hatchette et al 2002, and an average 24% prevalence has been reported in California (Ruppanner et al 1978, McQuiston and Childs 2002, Guatteo et al 2011. The California study also reported specific county seroprevalence ranging between 7% and 100%.…”

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Seroprevalence ofCoxiella burnetiiin Washington State Domestic Goat Herds

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Davis

Schlee

et al. 2013

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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A caprine herd seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii infection was determined by passive surveillance of domestic goat herds in Washington State. Serum samples (n = 1794) from 105 herds in 31 counties were analyzed for C. burnetii antibodies using a commercially available Q fever antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kit. The sera were submitted to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory for routine serologic screening over an approximate 1-year period from November, 2010, through November, 2011. To avoid bias introduced by testing samples from ill animals, only accessions for routine screening of nonclinical animals were included in the study. A standard cluster sampling approach to investigate seroprevalence at the herd level was used to determine optimal study sample size. The results identified C. burnetii antibodies in 8.0% of samples tested (144/1794), 8.6% of goat herds tested (9/105), and 25.8% of counties tested (8/31). Within-herd seroprevalence in positive counties ranged from 2.9% to 75.8%. Counties with seropositive goats were represented in the western, eastern, southeastern, and Columbia basin agricultural districts of the state. To our knowledge this is the first county-specific, statewide study of C. burnetii seroprevalence in Washington State goat herds. The findings provide baseline information for future epidemiologic, herd management and public health investigations of Q fever.

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Seroprevalence ofCoxiella burnetiiin Washington State Domestic Goat Herds

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Davis

Schlee

et al. 2013

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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“…However, there has been detection of C. burnetii in all five continents (except in New Zealand being the only country with a reported apparent prevalence of zero), with a wide range, in whatever kind. The apparent prevalence is slightly higher in cattle (20.0 and 37.7%) than in sheep and goats (around 15 to 25%) (Guatteo et al, 2011). Infections by C. burnetii in animal production are mostly asymptomatic, however, may be related to reproductive disorders such as abortion, stillbirths, repetition heat, low birth weight animals and metritis.…”

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Review of common causes of abortion in dairy cattle in Ethiopia

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et al. 2018

J. Vet. Med. Anim. Health

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Abortion in dairy cattle may be caused by infectious and non-infectious agents. Infectious causes of abortion in dairy cattle include brucellosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, Q fever, bovine viral diarrhea, mycotic abortion and neosporosis. Non-infectious causes of abortion in dairy cattle are genetic and non-genetic disorder. Risk factors associated with abortion in dairy cattle are genetic, environmental, management, geographical factors and infectious factors. Abortion in dairy cows brings about breeding and productive damages. Abortions cause significant economic loss to dairy farm. These losses can be attributed to loss of replacement calves, reduced milk production, costs of treatment, feeding of animals and premature culling of productive cows and heifers. Diagnosis of bovine abortion includes the collection of a complete history of the case and relevant epidemiological data and collected sample for analysis. However, determining the cause of bovine abortion is difficult as abortions are caused by numerous infectious and noninfectious factors. Status of abortion and breeds affected by abortion in Ethiopia were also reviewed.

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“…Globally, the prevalence of coxiellosis in cattle has been assessed as 20% and 38% at the individual and herd level, respectively (Guatteo et al, 2011). However, the epidemiological studies on Q fever in India in general are very limited, while the research on associated risk factors and disease dynamic trends in particular are almost negligible, which can be primarily attributed to the limited diagnostic capacities and gross neglect of the disease on account of lack of the clinical curiosity among the physicians and veterinary professionals (Vaidya et al, 2010;Malik et al, 2013;Stephen et al, 2014;Mohan et al, 2017).…”

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