Epizootic of Chlamydia psittaci infection in goats in Taiwan

✍ Scribed by Y. K. Liao; C. Y. Chain; Y. S. Lu; N. J. Li; H. J. Tsai; P. P. Liou

• Book ID: 102391692
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 477 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0233-111X
• DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620370505

✦ Synopsis

Epizootic abortion in goats has been frequently reported in Taiwan since 1993. The outbroken flocks were found in most of districts in Taiwan. No apparent clinical signs were found in aborted doe. The typical abortion occurred in the last two months of pregnancy. The incidence of abortion was from 10% to 87% in outbroken farms in 1993, and a total of 976 out of 2130 pregnancies (46%) were found abortion in our investigation. Gross lesions in aborted fetuses included generalized haemorrhage and swollen liver. Chlamydia psittuci was isolated from tissues of aborted fetuses and from vaginal swabs of aborted does. Chlamydia] antibodies were detected among 67% to 100% of aborted does from epizootic flocks. The C. psittaci was diagnosed as the causal agent in enzootic abortion. This is the first report on chlamydia1 isolation and antibody surveys in epizootic abortion in goats in Taiwan.