Antibodies to Leptospira interrogans in goats and risk factors of the disease in Santa Catarina (West side), Brazil.

Autor: Topazio J; Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil., Tonin AA; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Machado G; Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil., Noll JC; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Ribeiro A; Department Animal Production, UDESC, Lages, SC, Brazil., Moura AB; Department Animal Production, UDESC, Lages, SC, Brazil., Carmo GM; Graduate Program in Toxicology Biochemical, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Grosskopf HM; Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil., Martins JL; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Badke MR; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil., Stefani LM; Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil., Lopes LS; Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil., Da Silva AS; Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil; Graduate Program in Toxicology Biochemical, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: aleksandro_ss@yahoo.com.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research in veterinary science [Res Vet Sci] 2015 Apr; Vol. 99, pp. 53-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.01.014
Abstrakt: Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Leptospira spp. In goats, the productive impact of leptospirosis is not well known and totally unknown in Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. This study aimed to investigate leptospirosis seroprevalence and its risk factors in goats in the west side of SC. A total of 654 blood samples were analyzed using the microscopic agglutination technique and 35.47% (232) of the animals were seropositives. Except for serogroup Autumnalis, positive samples for all other serogroups were found as follows: Sejroe (Hardjo, Wolffi), Grippotyphosa (Grippotyphosa), Canicola (Canicola), Icterohaemorrhagiae (Icterohaemorrhagiae, Copenhageni), Australis (Australis, Bratislava) and Pomona (Pomona). The contact among sheep and goats, and the addition of concentrate as food supplement were found to be risk factors for leptospirosis. Based on these results, we conclude that there is a high occurrence of anti-Leptospira antibodies in goats in the Western part of Santa Catarina State.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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