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ArticleFolia microbiologica2018

Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA and anti-Coxiella burnetii IgG antibodies in precolostral blood samples of stillborn calves in an endemically infected Holstein dairy herd.

Markus Freick, Andrea Konrath, Haimo Enbergs, Jörg Walraph, Jim Weber, Karin Eulenberger

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Article in Folia microbiologica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Markus FreickVeterinary Practice Zettlitz, Straße der Jugend 68, 09306, Zettlitz, Germany. mfreick@gmx.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-8316
Andrea KonrathSaxon State Laboratory of Health and Veterinary Affairs, Dresden, Germany.
Haimo EnbergsSaxon State Laboratory of Health and Veterinary Affairs, Dresden, Germany.
Jörg WalraphSaxon State Laboratory of Health and Veterinary Affairs, Dresden, Germany.
Jim WeberVeterinary Practice Zettlitz, Straße der Jugend 68, 09306, Zettlitz, Germany.
Karin EulenbergerSaxon Animal Health Fund, Dresden, Germany.
Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts · DECarl Zeiss (Germany) · DENeurologisches Fachkrankenhaus für Bewegungsstörungen/Parkinson · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), an intracellular zoonotic bacterium causing Q fever, occurs widely in cattle herds. After invasion of the pregnant uterus and initial localization in the placenta, active C. burnetii infections may spread to the fetus hematogenously or by the amniotic-oral route and thus may cause abortion, premature delivery, stillbirth, and weak offspring (APSW) complex. In a case-control study, we investigated precolostral blood samples of 56 stillborn calves and 30 live births from a dairy herd endemically infected with C. burnetii "C-cluster" strains and an increased stillbirth rate in primiparous cows. Within the group of the stillborn calves, four precolostral blood samples (7.1%) were tested positive for C. burnetii DNA by PCR and one serum sample (1.8%) positive for anti-C. burnetii IgG antibodies by a commercial ELISA test, respectively. Neither C. burnetii DNA nor anti-C. burnetii IgG antibodies were detected in the samples of calves being born alive. In conclusion, we demonstrated that coxiellaemia and precolostral seroconversion occurred sporadically in stillborn calves from this endemically infected herd. Due to the low detection rates, C. burnetii could not be confirmed to be the cause of the increased stillbirth rate.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialCase-Control StudiesCattleCattle DiseasesCoxiella burnetiiDNA, BacterialFemaleImmunoglobulin GMalePregnancyQ FeverStillbirthAntibodies, BacterialDNA, BacterialImmunoglobulin G

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