title: Q Fever in dairy animals.
abstract: This review evaluates the threat to human health--with the shedding of C. burnetii in dairy animals with reproductive disorders or those without clinical signs. The review also discusses the diagnosis of Q fever in livestock and the possibility of Coxiella-free herds, and it reports the available methods for controlling Q fever. C. burnetii shedding seems to occur frequently in milk taken from asymptomatic dairy cows. The number of Coxiella shed in milk is generally low. The phase I vaccine prevented abortion and greatly decreased the shedding of C. burnetii in milk.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR 1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, F-37380 Nouzilly. Annie.Rodolakis@tours.inra.fr
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodolakis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003612:Dairying; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission