No Q-fever in norwegian cattle

As the zoonotic disease Q-fever has recieved increasing attention in Europeic countries, the Norwegian organisations KOORIMP and TINE, together with the National Veterinary institute, initiated an survey for antibodies against the Q-fever agent Coxiella burnetii in milk and blood samples from selected norwegian herds. All of the samples from 470 herds of dairy cows and 55 suckling cow herds were negative.