Chlamydia psittaci: an emerging cause of equine abortion and fatal neonatal illness in south-eastern Australia

Vet Rec. 2023 Dec 2;193(11). doi: 10.1002/vetr.3739.

Abstract

While well known as a zoonotic pathogen of birds, Chlamydia psittaci is less well recognised as a cause of abortion in mares and severe infection in foals. However, in the past decade it has been causing epizootics of both in south-eastern Australia, as Charles El-Hage and James Gilkerson explain.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Birds
  • Chlamydia*
  • Chlamydophila psittaci*
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Horses
  • Pregnancy
  • Psittacosis* / epidemiology
  • Psittacosis* / veterinary