Detection of the presence of Coxiella burnetii in a case of goat abortion: a first report from India

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 staini...

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Published inTropical animal health and production Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 983 - 986
Main Authors Rajagunalan, S., Gururaj, K., Lakshmikantan, U., Murugan, M., Ganesan, A., Sundar, A., Sureshkannan, S., Andani, Dimple, Pawaiya, Rajveer Singh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abortion
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Coxiella burnetii
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Fever
Goats
Life Sciences
Placenta
Q fever
Short Communications
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
India
Goats
Trans-PCR
Q fever
Abortion
India
Coxiella burnetii
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-018-1756-7