Research Article
First Report of Chlamydia abortus in Farmed Fur Animals
Table 1
Results summary of farmed fur animals testing.
| species of animals | Gender | no. of tested /Chlamydiaceae positive samples | no. of C. abortus positive/Chlamydiaceae positive samples | no. of C. pecorum positive/ Chlamydiaceae positive samples | type of sample | rectal swabs | blood | vaginal swabs | conjunctive swabs | rectal swab | blood | vaginal swabs | conjunctive swabs | rectal swabs | blood | vaginal swabs | conjunctive swabs |
| fox | Male | 9/9 | 9/2 | — | 9/7 | 9/9 | 2/2 | — | 7/7 | 1/9 | 0/2 | — | 0/7 | Female | 11/11 | 11/5 | 11/9 | 11/9 | 11/11 | 5/5 | 9/9 | 9/9 | 6/11 | 0/5 | 0/9 | 0/9 | Total | 20/20 | 20/7 | 11/9 | 20/16 | 20/20 | 7/7 | 9/9 | 16/16 | 7/20 | 0/7 | 0/9 | 0/16 |
| raccoon dog | Male | 12/12 | 12/2 | — | 12/6 | 12/12 | 2/2 | — | 6/6 | 0/12 | 0/2 | — | 0/6 | Female | 3/3 | 3/1 | 3/1 | 3/2 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | Total | 15/15 | 15/3 | 3/1 | 15/8 | 15/15 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 8/8 | 0/15 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/8 |
| mink | Male | 16/1 | 16/0 | — | — | 1/1 | N/A | — | — | 0/1 | N/A | — | — | Female | 4/0 | 4/0 | 4/0 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | — | Total | 20/1 | 20/0 | 4/0 | — | 1/1 | N/A | N/A | — | 0/1 | N/A | N/A | — |
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Note: N/A: not investigated; —: no sample collected.
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