Detection of Zoonosis Pathogen Q Fever in Ruminant Livestock in Aceh

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii is an infectious agent that can cause Query fever (Q fever). Q fever is a zoonotic disease, namely a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans or vice versa. The main reservoir for Q fever cases that occur in humans is ruminants. Geographically, Aceh Province borders directly on North Sumatra Province. This study aims to detect the presence of C. burnetii as a cause of Q fever and to characterize tissue changes due to C. burnetii infection through molecular and histopathological analysis in ruminants in Aceh Province. The samples collected were liver, lungs, spleen and kidneys of cows and goats from the Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar areas, totaling 100 cow samples and 15 goat samples. The method used in this research was nested-PCR and histopathological examination using Haematoxylin Eosin (HE) staining. The results of this study showed that C. burnetii had been detected in 2 individual cattle samples (2%) from the lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys originating from the Banda Aceh Slaughterhouse, Aceh Province. C. burnetii was not detected in the goat samples examined