Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence and risk factors on commercial sheep farms in The Netherlands
Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence was assessed on Dutch dairy and non-dairy sheep farms using ELISA. Risk factors for seropositivity on non-dairy sheep farms were identified at farm and sheep level by univariate and multivariate multilevel analyses. Based on 953 dairy and 5671 non-dairy serum samples, sheep seroprevalences were 18.7 per cent and 2.0 per cent, respectively, and 78.6 per cent and 30.5 per cent at farm level. Significant risk factors for non-dairy sheep farms were farm location in the south of the country, sheep kept on marginal grounds, one or several supply addresses for ewes du... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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Schlagwörter: | Research |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26807752 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/175/1/17 |