Measuring antibody levels in bulk-tank milk as an epidemiological tool to search for the status of Coxiella burnetii in dairy sheep

Pooling samples may provide a valuable alternative to individual testing for pathogen surveillance purposes. We studied the reliability of measuring the level of antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in bulk-tank milk (BTM) to estimate the seroprevalence of C. burnetii in dairy sheep in 34 flocks. We...

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Published in:	Epidemiology and infection Vol. 139; no. 10; pp. 1631 - 1636
Main Authors:	RUIZ-FONS, F., ASTOBIZA, I., BARANDIKA, J. F., JUSTE, R. A., HURTADO, A., GARCÍA-PÉREZ, A. L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-10-2011
Subjects:	Age groups Animals Antibodies Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Blood Brucellosis and other zoonoses Costs Coxiella burnetii Coxiella burnetii - immunology Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Microbiology Milk Milk - immunology Miscellaneous Pathogens Q fever Q Fever - diagnosis Q Fever - immunology Q Fever - microbiology Q Fever - veterinary Regression analysis Seroepidemiologic Studies Serology Sheep Sheep Diseases - diagnosis Sheep Diseases - epidemiology Sheep Diseases - immunology Sheep Diseases - microbiology Veterinary medicine Veterinary Medicine - methods Netherlands zoonoses Q fever Coxiella ELISA Farming animal Antibody Epidemiology Rickettsiales Vertebrata Mammalia Bacteria Sheep Artiodactyla Rickettsieae Veterinary Coxiella burnetii Rickettsiaceae Ungulata Milk
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