Coxiellosis/Q fever in cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management.

Seroepidemiology of coxiellosis (Q fever) in sheep and goat populations in the northeast of Iran

Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of coxiellosis in animals and Q fever (a zoonotic disease) in humans. Cattle, sheep and goats are the main reservoirs of infection for humans. This serological survey was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of coxiellosis in sheep and goat populations in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran. Four hundred and sixty animals (255 sheep from 29 herds in 12...

Infection in Cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management Francisella Tularensis

http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/15/7/585 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/1098612X13489219 2013 15: 585 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery D Radford, Etienne Thiry, Uwe Truyen and Marian C Horzinek Boucraut-Baralon, Tadeusz Frymus, Tim Gruffydd-Jones, Margaret J Hosie, Hans Lutz, Fulvio Marsilio, Karin Möstl, Alan Maria Grazia Pennisi, Herman Egberink, Katrin ...

Giardiasis in cats : ABCD guidelines on prevention

http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/15/7/650 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/1098612X13489232 2013 15: 650 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Etienne Thiry, Uwe Truyen and Marian C Horzinek Hartmann, Margaret J Hosie, Albert Lloret, Hans Lutz, Fulvio Marsilio, Karin Möstl, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Alan D Radford, Tim Gruffydd-Jones, Diane Addie, Sándor Belák, Corine...

Seroprevalence of coxiellosis (Q fever) in sheep & goat in Puducherry & neighbouring Tamil Nadu

Advances in the understanding of Coxiella burnetii infection in Japan.

Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by a rickettsia Coxiella burnetii. Since its first description in 1937, the disease has been found to be present in most countries of the world. Serological evidences of Q fever in humans and coxiellosis in animals were reported in Japan in the 1950s, however, systematic studies of the disease did not begin until the report of isolation of C. burnetii from a...