@article{MAKHILLJAVA201211243902,
    title = {First Record of Chlamydia Seroprevalence in Peafowls in Southwestern China},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {11},
    number = {24},
    pages = {4567-4570},
    year = {2012},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2012.4567.4570},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2012.4567.4570},
    author = {F.Z.,Y.M.,D.H.,Z.H.,Q.,Y.B.,X.Q. and},
    keywords = {Chlamydia psittaci,seroprevalence,Indirect Hemagglutination Assay (IHA),peafowl,Yunnan province,China},
    abstract = {Chlamydiosis is a naturally occurring, contagious and zoonotic 
  disease caused by <I>Chlamydia psittaci</I> (<I>C. psittaci</I>), affecting 
  humans as well as domestic and wild birds globally but little is known about 
  <I>C. psittaci </I>infection in peafowls in China. The objective of the present 
  investigation was therefore to examine <I>C. psittaci </I>seroprevalence in 
  peafowls in Yunnan province, Southwestern China. Serum samples from 270 peafowls 
  including 265 blue peafowls and 5 green peafowls originated from Kunming city 
  and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (Banna for short) were collected 
  in 2011 to 2012 and examined independently for the presence of antibodies to 
  <I>C. psittaci</I> by the Indirect Hemagglutination Assay (IHA). In this survey, 
  antibodies to<I> C. psittaci</I> were found in 84 of 270 (31.11%) peafowls. 
  Both green peafowls (<I>Pavo muticus</I>) (2/5) and blue peafowls (<I>Pavo cristatus</I>) 
  (30.94% of 265) were positive for <I>C. psittaci</I> antibody and peafowl from 
  zoos in Kunming had higher seroprevalence (52.70% of 74) than those from peafowl 
  gardens in Banna (22.96% of 196 samples) but the difference was not statistically 
  significant by logistic regression analysis (p&gt;0.05). Significant difference 
  was observed among age groups, the prevalence in adult peafowls (86.36% of 44) 
  was significantly higher than that in adolescent birds (5.73% of 157) (p&lt;0.01, 
  OR = 104.148, 95% CI = 34.920-310.620). There were no statistical interactions 
  between ages and geographical origins of peafowl (p&gt;0.05). The results indicated 
  a wide distribution of <I>C. psittaci</I> infections among peafowls in Yunnan, 
  Southwestern China, posing significant public health concerns. To the knowledge, 
  this is the first report of <I>C. psittaci</I> infection in peafowls in Yunnan 
  province, Southwestern China.}
    }