Publications
| coxiella burnetii abortion in captive dama gazelle (gazella dama) in the united arab emirates. | abstract: five cases of late-stage abortion in dama gazelle (gazella dama) occurred in the united arab emirates. histopathologic and molecular diagnostics found the abortions to be associated with coxiella burnetii infection. examination of the herd 6 mo later revealed a significant number of serologically positive animals but failed to detect the antigen in genital swabs. there are few reports in the literature of c. burnetii abortion in nondomestic ungulates and no published reports from the u ... | 2010 | 20722258 |
| coxiella burnetii detected in three species of endangered north african gazelles that recently aborted. | coxiella (c.) burnetii is the etiological agent of the zoonotic disease known a q fever. this agent can infect multiple hosts although its pathogenic potential in wild ruminants has been poorly studied. the polymerase chain reaction and the serological test detected the presence of c. burnetii in a population of north african gazelles (n = 355), comprising dorcas gazelle (gazella dorcas neglecta), dama gazelle (nanger dama mhorr) and cuvier's gazelle (gazella cuvieri) which, some of them, they r ... | 2017 | 27771116 |