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1 October 1979 SURVEY OF Q-FEVER AGGLUTININS IN BIRDS AND SMALL RODENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1975–76
H. P. RIEMANN, D. E. BEHYMER, C. E. FRANTI, C. CRABB, R. G. SCHWAB
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Abstract

Serum samples from 15 species of rodents and 33 species of birds were tested for agglutinins against Coxiella burnetii by the microagglutination test. Of 759 rodents tested, 21 (3%) were seropositive. Antibody positive rodents included muskrats, Ondatra zebethica, (11%), Rattus spp. (10%), Beechey ground squirrels, Otospermophilus beecheyi, (6%), wood rats, Neotoma fuscipes, (5%), and Peromyscus spp. (2%). Of 583 birds tested, 118 (20%) were seropositive. This included white crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys, gold crowned sparrows, Z. atricapilla, and English sparrows, Passer domesticus, (68% in the composite); coots, Fulica americana, (29%); blackbirds, Euphagus cyanocephalus, (33%); crows, Corvus brachyrhyncos, (29%); robins, Turdus migratorius, (16%); pigeons, Columba fasciata, (10%); and mallard ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, (7%). There was a tendency for the seropositive animals to have been collected in the vicinity of endemically infected livestock.

RIEMANN, BEHYMER, FRANTI, CRABB, and SCHWAB: SURVEY OF Q-FEVER AGGLUTININS IN BIRDS AND SMALL RODENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1975–76 1
H. P. RIEMANN, D. E. BEHYMER, C. E. FRANTI, C. CRABB, and R. G. SCHWAB "SURVEY OF Q-FEVER AGGLUTININS IN BIRDS AND SMALL RODENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1975–76 ," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15(4), 515-523, (1 October 1979). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.4.515
Received: 28 November 1978; Published: 1 October 1979
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