Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

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Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 5(5): 226-228
Http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.aavs/2017/5.5.226.228
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Vysakh Mohan, Amrutha Nair, Manesh Kumar, Pankaj Dhaka, Jess Vergis, Deepak Bhiwa Rawool, Satyaveer Singh Malik

Division of Veterinary Public Health, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P. India; 2Department of Veterinary Public health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookot, Kerala, India.

Abstract | Recent scientific perspectives on Q fever as the most contagious and one of the most widespread bacterial zoonoses, its listing amongst the top 13 priority zoonoses globally. This prompted us to undertake a seroprevalence study in goats, which are one of the most common animal reservoirs for coxiellosis. In the present investigation, 22 out of 500 (4.4%) goat serum samples collected from small animal slaughter house, Bareilly, UP, India tested positive for IgG antibodies against Coxiella burnetii using commercial ELISA Kit. However, a more comprehensive study including other potential reservoir animals, their products and vectors is needed for elucidating the epidemiology of the coxiellosis in the Indian settings.

Keywords | Q fever, Coxiellosis, Zoonoses, ELISA, Seroprevalence, Goats, India