Low seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Boer goats in Missouri

BMC Research Notes

Patrick O Pithua¹  Molly D Baker¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 900 E. Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

关键词: United States;    Missouri;    Q fever;    Goats;    Coxiella burnetii;   

Others  :  1132347
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-421

 received in 2013-12-31, accepted in 2014-06-30,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Goats are known reservoirs of Coxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of Q fever. However, there has been very little research on the prevalence of C. burnetii exposure and risk in meat goats farmed in the US. Banked serum samples were secondarily tested for C. burnetii specific antibodies.

Findings

The animal and herd-level seroprevalence estimates for C. burnetii were 1.2% (3/249) and 4.2% (1/24) respectively. Within-herd seroprevalence ranged from 0% to 1.2%.

Conclusions

This study indicates that seroprevalence of C. burnetii in Boer goats raised in Missouri was low, but it does not preclude the existence of a higher level of infection in Missouri’s meat goat herds. This result is inconclusive because this study was disadvantaged by the small number of individual animal and herds tested, which compromised the statistical power of this study to detect a possible higher seroprevalence of C. burnetii in this population, if present. More research is warranted to corroborate the preliminary findings reported here in order to determine the public health significance C. burnetii infection risks associated with contemporary goat production systems in the US.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Baker and Pithua; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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