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SEROPREVALENCE RATE OF COXIELLA BURNETII IN COWS’ SERUM IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Zoonotic diseases and public health

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in cows from Assiut Governorate, Egypt. A total of 268 blood samples were collected from cows (176 females and 92 males). The age of these animals ranged between 2 months to more than 3 years. Screened for C. burnetii using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A total of 15.67% (42/268) was serologically positive.The seropositivity was high in females(19.56%) than males (13.63%).The native breed was more infected ( 17.44%) than Fresian (13.33%) and mixed ones (11.76%). In cows, the higher seroprevalence was observed in the age group more than 1 to2 Years (22.38%). Dairut city recorded the highest seroprevalence rate (40.74%) of C.burnetii. C.burnetii seroprevalence was higher in hot season (20.10%) than cold season (5.95%). Cows free from ticks recorded higher seroprevalence (22.58%) than those infested with ticks (12%). Cows with fever and pneumonia recorded higher seroprevalence (14.29%) compared to animals with other signs. In conclusion, findings of this study revealed that the wide spread of C. burnetii infection among cows at Assiut Governorate, Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2023.189492.1119

Keywords

C. burnetii, ELISA, pneumonia, Q fever, Ticks

Authors

First Name

REEM

Last Name

ALSAADAWY

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

reemalsaadawy@vet.aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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First Name

SYLVIA

Last Name

AHMED

MiddleName

O.

Affiliation

Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

sylviaosama@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

HELAL

Last Name

HETTA

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

helalhetta@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0001-8541-7304

Volume

69

Article Issue

177

Related Issue

40825

Issue Date

2023-04-01

Receive Date

2023-01-24

Publish Date

2023-04-01

Page Start

105

Page End

111

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_295519.html

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Research article

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1,840

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Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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SEROPREVALENCE RATE OF COXIELLA BURNETII IN COWS’ SERUM IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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28 Dec 2024