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

—

Note: N/A: not investigated; —: no sample collected.