Seroepidemiologic Survey of Coxiella burnetii and Attempt to Detect Coxiella DNA in Aged Non-Laying Chickens in a Prefecture of Japan where Poultry Farming Prospers

Yasukazu MURAMATSU; Kikuto HUKUTA; Sayaka SATOH; Masatake MURAMATSU; Masaaki NISHIMURA; Hajime NAGAHATA; Hiroshi UENO; Chiharu MORITA; Yutaka TAMURA

doi:10.1292/jvms.68.1007

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Seroepidemiologic Survey of Coxiella burnetii and Attempt to Detect Coxiella DNA in Aged Non-Laying Chickens in a Prefecture of Japan where Poultry Farming Prospers

Yasukazu MURAMATSU, Kikuto HUKUTA, Sayaka SATOH, Masatake MURAMATSU, Masaaki NISHIMURA, Hajime NAGAHATA, Hiroshi UENO, Chiharu MORITA, Yutaka TAMURA

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Yasukazu MURAMATSU
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Kikuto HUKUTA
Technical Center, Toyohashi Shiryo Co., Ltd.
Sayaka SATOH
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Masatake MURAMATSU
Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology
Masaaki NISHIMURA
Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology
Hajime NAGAHATA
Department of Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Hiroshi UENO
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Chiharu MORITA
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Yutaka TAMURA
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University

Keywords: chicken, Coxiella burnetii, epidemiology

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2006 Volume 68 Issue 9 Pages 1007-1008

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.68.1007

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Abstract

The indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) revealed seropositivity to Coxiella burnetii in aged non-laying chickens in poultry farms in a prefecture in the central part of Japan. Seropositivity was 7%, and antibody titers ranged from 16 to 64. No DNA fragment specific for C. burnetii was detected in the chickens by nested-PCR. The prevalence of C. burnetii infection in a prefecture of Japan in which poultry farming prospers was 7%.

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