Isolation and Identification of Chlamydia abortus from Aborted Ewes in Sulaimani Province, Northern Iraq.

ABSTRACT: Abortion in small ruminants is a significant problem in Iraq and causes severe economic losses in sheep farms. Chlamydia abortus causes enzootic abortion in ewes and is associated with reproductive problems in sheep in Sulaimani province - Northern Iraq. During a lambing season in 2017, abortion was widespread among several sheep flocks in different regions of Sulaimani (Kalar, Said Sadiq, and Chamchamal), and C. abortus was one of the causes. Accordingly, we carried out this study to isolate and identify C. abortus in aborted ewes in these regions. We collected 30 samples of aborted fetuses from five herds in which abortions had been observed. The pathogen isolation was done by inoculation into embryonated chicken eggs and conventional PCR was used to identify C. a

SUBMITTER: Arif ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256821 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature