This disease page is currently being used in Wildpro to link different data types and demonstrate inter-relationships. Whilst basic information is available, it does not contain comprehensive information.
- Coxiella burnetii (Rickettsia burnetii)
- Coxiella burnetii (Tenericutes (Lacking cell-walls) (Division))
In livestock
- May cause mild or inapparent illness. (B47)
- May be an important cause of abortion in sheep, goats and cattle.(B47)
In humans
- Zoonosis. (B47)
- Generally an occupational disease, seen in livestock attendants, farm residents and laboratory personnel. (B47)
- Inapparent to (rarely) fatal infection. (B58.40.w40)
- Acute, sudden onset illness with severe headache, malaise, and patchy lung infiltration. (B47); headache, backache, anorexia and fever initially, often with pneumonia. (B58.40.w40)
- Variable in severity and duration.(B47); relapses may occur. (B58.40.w40)
- May be associated with hepatitis, pericarditis, meningitis, arthritis, orchitis, epididymitis, phlebitis, oesophagitis and arteritis. (B47)
- Intractable endocarditis may occur as a sequel to infection. (B58.40.w40)
In hedgehogs:
- Infection has been reported in Erinaceus europaeus - West European Hedgehog and in Hemiechinus auritus - Long-eared hedgehog. (J18.38.w1)
Transmission
- Transmitted by ticks from an infected animal to a new host. (B47)
- May also be transmitted by inhalation of dust which has been contaminated either by ticks or by infected secretions/excreta of infected animals. (B47)
- The organism may be found in wool/hair, faeces, milk, aborted fetuses and placental tissues, and birth fluids. (B47)
- A wide variety of ectoparasites including ticks, fleas, mites (including chiggers) and lice, have been shown to be infected naturally or are able to be infected experimentally. (B58.40.w40)
Occurrence in bears
- Antibodies to Q-fever were detected by complement fixation test in 13/210 sera from Ursus americanus - American black bear from northcentral Idaho, 1971-1975. (J1.16.w12)
- Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii were detected by microagglutination test in 25/149 sera (17%) from Ursus americanus - American black bear from California, USA. [1982](J4.181.w4)
- Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii were detected by complement fixation (CF) test in sera from 2/22 Ursus arctos - Brown bear from Croatia (the positive individuals were captive, not free-living). [1993](J1.29.w15)
- Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii were detected by complement fixation (CF) test in 3/37 sera (8%) from free-ranging Ursus americanus - American black bear from Florida, USA, 1994-1995. (J1.34.w11)
Further information on Host species has only been incorporated for species groups for which a full Wildpro "Health and Management" module has been completed (i.e. for which a comprehensive literature review has been undertaken).