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Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia

oxiella burnetii. The disease mostly affects small ruminants and occasionally in large ruminants such as cattle. Dairy animals, especially dairy cattle shed the organism in raw milk that could be consumed by humans thus causing direct oral transmission of the bacteria to humans. This study was carri...

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Main Author: Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Language:English
Published: 2023
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/14146/1/D19A0020%20NURUL%20FATIHAH%20BINTI%20ZULKIFLI.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.141462024-05-13T06:20:54Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/14146/ Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli oxiella burnetii. The disease mostly affects small ruminants and occasionally in large ruminants such as cattle. Dairy animals, especially dairy cattle shed the organism in raw milk that could be consumed by humans thus causing direct oral transmission of the bacteria to humans. This study was carried out to investigate the status of Q fever in Malaysia among dairy cattle herds in selected states. About 120 serum samples were collected from dairy farms across several states in Malaysia. All samples were tested using an indirect ELISA test kit for the detection of antibodies against C. burnetii. The results showed Pahang has the most seropositive of Q fever (11.76 %) followed by Johor (8.82%), Perak (3.45%) and lastly Sabah (0%). The results conclude that dairy cattle is likely to have minimum risk of contracting C. burnetti infection, however care must be properly taken whilst handling the animals due to its potential zoonotic exposure to farmers. Keywords: zoonotic, bacteria, ruminants, dairy, antibodies 2023 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/14146/1/D19A0020%20NURUL%20FATIHAH%20BINTI%20ZULKIFLI.pdf Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli (2023) Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description oxiella burnetii. The disease mostly affects small ruminants and occasionally in large ruminants such as cattle. Dairy animals, especially dairy cattle shed the organism in raw milk that could be consumed by humans thus causing direct oral transmission of the bacteria to humans. This study was carried out to investigate the status of Q fever in Malaysia among dairy cattle herds in selected states. About 120 serum samples were collected from dairy farms across several states in Malaysia. All samples were tested using an indirect ELISA test kit for the detection of antibodies against C. burnetii. The results showed Pahang has the most seropositive of Q fever (11.76 %) followed by Johor (8.82%), Perak (3.45%) and lastly Sabah (0%). The results conclude that dairy cattle is likely to have minimum risk of contracting C. burnetti infection, however care must be properly taken whilst handling the animals due to its potential zoonotic exposure to farmers. Keywords: zoonotic, bacteria, ruminants, dairy, antibodies
format Undergraduate Final Project Report
author Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli
spellingShingle Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli
Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
author_facet Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli
author_sort Nurul Fatihah Zulkifli
title Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
title_short Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
title_full Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
title_sort seroprevalence of q fever in dairy cows in farms from selected states in malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/14146/1/D19A0020%20NURUL%20FATIHAH%20BINTI%20ZULKIFLI.pdf
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