Q fever (coxiellosis) is an infectious disease of animals and humans, caused by
Guinea pigs, divided into five groups comprising a negative control and four experimental groups, received specified concentrations of
The presence of antibodies and pathogen DNA in caecum was confirmed in one guinea pig from experimental group IV.
The presence of pathogen DNA in the testicular tissue indicates that infection spreads haematogenously. In the majority of experimental animals specific antibodies and genetic material of