Chlamydophila psittaci is a common cause of diseases in parrots ranging from being less serious to more serious. It is also a zoonotic disease which poses serious health problems to humans. The disease is highly under diagnosed. The symptoms in birds are nonspecific and may be indicative of many different diseases which make it harder to diagnose and treat. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of C.

Chlamydophila psittaci is a common cause of diseases in parrots ranging from being less serious to more serious. It is also a zoonotic disease which poses serious health problems to humans. The disease is highly under diagnosed. The symptoms in birds are nonspecific and may be indicative of many different diseases which make it harder to diagnose and treat. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of C.

Blood samples from 44 clinically healthy cats were analysed for the presence of antibodies to Chlamydophila felis. As we wanted to investigate if the antibody titre of clinically healthy cats correlates to shedding of chlamydia, conjunctival and vaginal or preputial swabs respectively, were taken and analysed with rtPCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) for the presence of chlamydia DNA. Furthermore, to investigate possible epidemiological factors connected with asymptomatic cats infected with chlamydia and to see if there were any indications that chlamydiosis can cause reproductive problems, the owners of the cats were asked questions regarding this. Sixty-one per cent (27 of 44) of the cats were seropositive. Three of these (11 %) had the highest antibody titre (1:1600).

Många djurparker erbjuder närkontakt med djur. Det kan innebära att besökarna tillåts klappa traditionella husdjur eller gå in till mer exotiska djur i anläggningar som försöker efterlikna djurens naturliga habitat och ge besökaren en inblick i djurens liv i frihet. Detta ökar risken för spridning av zoonoser, antingen via direktkontakt eller genom inandning av damm och aerosoler. I det här kandidatarbetet har jag valt ut fyra sjukdomar som exempel på denna typ av smittspridning. Jag har inte tagit med sjukdomar där smittspridning sker endast av djur som uppvisar tydliga symtom eller beteendeförändringar, då jag förutsätter att de kommer under behandling istället för att förevisas publik. De fyra zoonoser jag presenterar är ornitos, tuberkulos, salmonellos och EHEC/VTEC. Ornitos orsakas av Chlamydophila psittaci, en hos fåglar mycket vanlig bakterie som de utsöndrar via sekret från näshålan och via feces.

Psittacos eller papegojsjuka är en zoonotisk sjukdom som främst drabbar fåglar, men i mindre omfattning även däggdjur. Sjukdomen orsakas av den obligat intracellulära bakterien Chlamydophila psittaci.Smittade fåglar utsöndrar bakterien i framför allt faeces och nässekret. Utsöndringen är ofta intermittent och kan sättas igång av stress. Både fåglar och människor får framför allt i sig bakterien genom inhalation av aerosoler eller damm, men även oral och kontaktsmitta är möjlig.Symptombilden är varierande hos både fåglar och människor. Ofta ses en subklinisk eller mild sjukdom med diffusa symptom, såsom feber, apati, konjunktivit och milda respiratoriska symptom.

ABSTRACTChlamydia and Chlamydophila are species of a family of bacteria (Chlamydiaceae) that cause a range of diseases, including conjunctivitis, in a variety of animals including pigs and humans. Some species cause zoonotic disease. This study examined the occurrence of Chlamydiaceae in samples taken from the lower eyelid conjunctiva in pigs with and without conjunctivitis. The study was initiated based on a herd investigation aimed to examine the experienced increase of conjunctivitis in some finisher herds. This study was conducted as a case-control study, by collecting samples from 62 case pigs (16-26 weeks old) and an equal number of controls, from three herds in Uppland, Sweden.

Conjunctival swabs from 12 cats in a Swedish animal shelter were analyzed by real-time PCR for FHV-1, Mycoplasma felis and chlamydiae. The purpose of this study was to see whether and to what extent these agents can be detected and if they were detected from cats housed in quarantine or in the adoption department. Samples were first taken upon arrival at the quarantine and then a second sample was taken two weeks after moving to the adoption department, or upon presentation of signs of disease. The cats spent the quarantine period in two separate quarantines: five in a new quarantine (quarantine A) and seven in a room in the old shelter (quarantine B). The difference between these quarantines was that in B the cats were often mixed together ant the hygiene routines were not as good as in quarantine A.