Rajagunalan S, Gururaj K, Lakshmikantan U, Murugan M, Ganesan A, Sundar A, Sureshkannan S, Andani Dimple, Pawaiya Rajveer Singh
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Animal Health Division, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Goats, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281122, India.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2019 May;51(4):983-986. doi: 10.1007/s11250-018-1756-7. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
Abortion is a major cause of economic loss to the goat industry. Coxiella burnetii the causative agent of Q fever is an important zoonotic agent known to be prevalent worldwide. In the present investigation, we detected the presence of Coxiella burnetii by the modified Ziehl Neelsen method of staining and its DNA by trans-PCR assay in the placenta obtained from the aborted goat. We also ruled out other common causes of abortion in this case. Based on a literature survey, this is the first report on the direct detection of Coxiella burnetii from an aborted goat to be reported from India.
流产是山羊产业经济损失的主要原因。Q热的病原体伯氏考克斯氏体是一种重要的人畜共患病原体，已知在全球范围内流行。在本研究中，我们通过改良的齐尔-尼尔森染色法检测了从流产山羊胎盘分离出的伯氏考克斯氏体，并通过反转录聚合酶链反应（trans-PCR）检测了其DNA。我们还排除了该病例中其他常见的流产原因。基于文献调查，这是印度首次报道直接从流产山羊中检测到伯氏考克斯氏体。
