seroprevalence of chlamydia abortus infection in sheep and goats in iran
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background: chlamydia abortus is a zoonotic bacteriumthat commonly causes abortions in ruminants. this microorganismis one of the most important infectious agents causingabortion and major economic losses in sheep and goats worldwide.objectives: the objective of this study was investigatingthe status of c. abortus infection among small ruminantflocks of some regions in iran. methods: a total of 1440 serasamples from sheep and goats were collected from 113 flocksof 7 provinces and tested with chekit®-elisa for antibodiesagainst c.abortus. results: the study detected overall seroprevalencelevels of 25.6% for the individual animals, and81.4% flocks had at least one positive animal. analysis of differentsheep groups based on their age revealed that the highestnumbers of infected animals were registered in the 2 yearsage group (p
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iranian journal of veterinary medicinePublisher: دانشگاه تهران
ISSN 2251-8894
volume 9
issue 2 2015
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