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. 1974 Jun 1;15(2):256–263. doi: 10.1186/BF03547486

Occurrence of Antirodies to Group Specific Chlamydia Antigen in Finnish Sheep, Cattle and Horse Sera

Förekomsten av antikroppar mot gruppspecifikt Chlamydia-antigen i finska får-, nöt- och hästsera

E Neuvonen 1,✉, T Estola 1,✉
PMCID: PMC8407311  PMID: 4853421

Abstract

A serological survey on the occurrence of group-specific chlamydial antibodies in random sera of Finnish sheep, cattle and horses was performed. The whole material consisted of 1347 serum samples, including 432 ovine, 454 bovine and 461 equine sera. The sera were sent to the laboratory for various serological tests during 1968–1972. Of the ovine sera 9.5%, bovine 12.8 % and equine 7.1 % showed a titer ≥ 1:16 in the complement fixation test.

No definite geographic differences could be found in the distribution of the herds which showed positive results. The ubiquity of chlamydial infections in domestic mammals and their role as a cause of clinical diseases is discussed.

Keywords: ovine chlamydial infections, bovine chlamydial infections, equine chlamydial infections, group specific chlamydial antibodies

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