Seroprevalence of bovine leptospirosis in Garanhuns municipal district, Pernambuco State, Brazil
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Oliveira, A.A.F.
Mota, R.A.
Langoni, H.
Souza, M.I.
Navegantes, W.A.
Sa, M.E.P.
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Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.
Abstract
The prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovars in dairy cattle was determined by analyzing 464 serum samples from cows on 15 properties in Garanhuns municipal district, Pernambuco State, Brazil. A microscopic seroagglutination test, including 12 serovars of Leptospira interrogans as antigens was used. Samples with titres > 100 were considered positive. Two hundred and twenty-one (47.63%) of the samples were positive to one or more serovars. The prevalence of the serovars was hardjo (21.98%), bratislava (15.73%), castellonis (11.64%), tarassovi (10.56%), pyrogenes (1.72%), icterohaemorrhagiae (1.08%), pomona (0.86%), wolffi (0.86%), grippotyphosa (0.86%), djasiman (0.43%), canicola (0.21%), and copenhageni (0.21%).
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Veterinary medicine, Brazil, Cattle, Leptospirosis
Sustainable Development Goals
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Oliveira, AAF, Mota, RA, Pereira, GC, Langoni, H, Souza, MI, Navegantes, WA & Sa, MEP 2001, 'Seroprevalence of bovine leptospirosis in Garanhuns municipal district, Pernambuco State, Brazil’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 275-279.