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Project

Study of the prevalence and zoonotic transmissions of three bacterial zoonotic infections in ruminants: Chlamydophila abortus, Coxiella burnetti and leptospira spp
Code
160W4508
Duration
01 February 2009 → 31 May 2012
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Bacteriology
    • Infectious diseases
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary epidemiology
Keywords
chlamydophila epidemiology ruminants leptospirosis coxiella
 
Project description

The aim of the present project is to investgate the prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci, leptospirosis and Coxiella burnetti in Belgian ruminants using both antibody ELISA’s and PCR