Belgian bulk tank milk surveillance program reveals the impact of a continuous vaccination protocol for small ruminants against Coxiella burnetii

Author(s):  
Wiebke Jansen ◽  
Mickael Cargnel ◽  
Samira Boarbi ◽  
Ingeborg Mertens ◽  
Marjan Van Esbroeck ◽  
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One Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 100208
Author(s):  
Ana Rabaza ◽  
Martín Fraga ◽  
Luis Gustavo Corbellini ◽  
Katy M.E. Turner ◽  
Franklin Riet-Correa ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrine T Nielsen ◽  
Søren S Nielsen ◽  
Jens F Agger ◽  
Anna-Bodil Christoffersen ◽  
Jørgen S Agerholm


2011 ◽  
Vol 168 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Muskens ◽  
E. van Engelen ◽  
C. van Maanen ◽  
C. Bartels ◽  
T. J. G. M. Lam


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Bauer ◽  
Sonora Olivas ◽  
Maria Cooper ◽  
Heidie Hornstra ◽  
Paul Keim ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizia Guidi ◽  
Annalisa Petruzzelli ◽  
Floriana Ciarrocchi ◽  
Anna Duranti ◽  
Andrea Valiani ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (9) ◽  
pp. 1710-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-F. TAUREL ◽  
R. GUATTEO ◽  
A. JOLY ◽  
F. BEAUDEAU

SUMMARYThe relationship between the level of antibodies in bulk tank milk (BTM) and the within-herd seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in cows was assessed. Blood from milking cows and BTM were sampled in 55 infected herds and tested using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. The relationship between antibody levels and WHP, which was quantified using a general linear model, was only moderate (R2=0·15). Nevertheless, the lowest antibody level in BTM was associated with the lowest mean within-herd prevalence. The present finding indicates that ELISA applied to BTM could identify infected herds with quite low within-herd seroprevalence. For such herds, the vaccination of dairy cows as well as nulliparous heifers using a phase I vaccine could effectively prevent C. burnetii shedding.





2015 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 3814-3825 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Van den Brom ◽  
I. Santman-Berends ◽  
S. Luttikholt ◽  
L. Moll ◽  
E. Van Engelen ◽  
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V Contreras ◽  
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S Máttar ◽  
M González ◽  
J Álvarez ◽  
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Author(s):  
Attila Dobos ◽  
György Gábor ◽  
Enikő Wehmann ◽  
Béla Dénes ◽  
Bettina Póth-Szebenyi ◽  
...  

AbstractQ fever is one of the commonest infectious diseases worldwide. A Coxiella burnetii prevalence of 97.6% has been found by ELISA and PCR tests of the bulk tank milk in dairy cattle farms of Hungary. The herd- and individual-level seroprevalence rates of C. burnetii in the examined dairy cows and farms have dramatically increased over the past ten years. Three high-producing industrial dairy farms were studied which had previously been found ELISA and PCR positive for C. burnetii by bulk tank milk testing. Coxiella burnetii was detected in 52% of the 321 cows tested by ELISA. Pregnancy loss was detected in 18% of the cows between days 29–35 and days 60–70 of gestation. The study found a higher seropositivity rate (80.5%) in the cows that had lost their pregnancy and a seropositivity of 94.4% in the first-bred cows that had lost their pregnancy at an early stage. The ELISA-positive pregnant and aborted cows were further investigated by the complement fixation test (CFT). In dairy herds an average of 66.6% individual seropositivity was detected by the CFT (Phase II) in previously ELISA-positive animals that had lost their pregnancy and 64.5% in the pregnant animals. A higher (Phase I) seropositivity rate (50.0%) was found in the cows with pregnancy loss than in the pregnant animals (38.5%). The high prevalence of C. burnetii in dairy farms is a major risk factor related to pregnancy loss.



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