Occurrence, distribution, and role in abortion of Coxiella burnetii in sheep and goats in Sardinia, Italy

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Masala, Giovanna ^a   Porcu, Rosaura ^a   Sanna, Giovanna ^a   Chessa, Giovanna ^a   Cillara, Grazia ^a   Chisu, Valentina ^a   Tola, Sebastiana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Coxiella burnetii; ELISA; Goat; Italy; PCR; Seroprevalence; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; HERD; ITALY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; Q FEVER; RANDOMIZATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; ITALY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1842788022     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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