УДК 619:616. 9:616-093/-98
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202309007
Authors
Svetlana V. Zyuzgina,
Olga E. Zinovieva,
Tatyana P. Lobova,
Vera V. Mikhailova,
Maria S. Shishkina,
Anastasia N. Skvortsova,
Testing Central Scientific and Methodological Veterinary Laboratory
Federal Center for Animal Health, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Chlamydia infection causes significant economic damage to various branches of animal husbandry
and poultry farming. In the system of veterinary and sanitary measures, it is important
to detect the pathogen as early and reliably as possible in various forms of the disease. For this
purpose, a number of laboratory methods of direct and indirect diagnosis of chlamydia have been
developed over the past years.
The article analyzes the results of laboratory tests for chlamydia in state veterinary laboratories
for 2019–2021, as well as cases of positive results in the study of biological and pathological materials
from animals, including birds.
During the analyzed period, 2 750 726 samples of material from animals, including birds, were
received by state veterinary laboratories for research on chlamydia, of which 2 645 605 (96,7 %)
samples were examined by serological methods, specific antibodies were detected in 0,4 % of blood
serum from animals (except birds). Positive results of serological tests require mandatory confirmation
by methods of direct detection of chlamydia, their antigens, nucleic acids in biological material.
The genetic material of chlamydia during polymerase chain reaction studies was detected in 1 % of
samples of biological and pathological material from animals, including birds.
Keywords
chlamydia, analysis, specific antibodies, microscopy, polymerase chain reaction
