Detection of Coxiella burnetii from dust in a barn housing dairy cattle.
We attempted to detect Coxiella burnetii in dust samples collected from a barn housing dairy cattle by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Ten dust samples (five from ventilation fans and five from crossbeams) were collected from two areas in a barn on a farm near Sapporo, Hokkaido. C. burnetii was detected in 5 of the 10 dust samples. It was believed that aerial contamination by C. burnetii occurred in the barn.
Yanase
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Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
Muramatsu
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Inouye
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Okabayashi
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Ueno
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Morita
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D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004391:Dust; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary
D004391:Dust