Screening for Coxiella burnetii in dairy cattle herds in Poland

Abstract

The intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the aetiological agent of Q fever, a zoonosis affecting many animal species worldwide. Cattle and small ruminants are considered the major reservoirs of the bacteria and they shed it through multiple routes.

Keywords

• coxiella burnetii
• q fever
• cattle
• seroprevalence
• prevalence