Autor(es): Pires, Humberto ; Silva, S. Santos ; Cruz, A. ; Cardoso, Luís ; Lopes, A.P. ; Pereira, M.A. ; Nóbrega, C. ; Mega, A.C. ; Santos, C. ; Cruz, R. ; Esteves, F. ; Vala, H. ; Matos, Ana ; Barradas, P.F. ; Coelho, A.C. ; Mesquita, J.R.
Data: 2024
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10081
Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Assunto(s): Bulk milk; Coxiella burnetii; One Health; Portugal; Sheep
Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a globally distributed zoonosis, with cattle, sheep, and goats considered the main reservoirs of the disease (Agger et al,., 2013; Bento et al., 2023). Human transmission primarily occurs through inhaling infections aerosols from milk, faeces, urina, and birth products from infected ruminants. This study used a 2-year longitudinal approach to investigate C. burnetii excretion in bulk tank milk samp+les from sheep in central Portugal.
