Prevalence and Serovars of Leptospira Involved in Equine Abortions in Central Kentucky during the 1990 Foaling Season
| Autor: | R. R. Tramontin, Mark A. Wilson, Cindy L. Rigsby, J. M. Donahue, B. J. Smith, K. B. Poonacha, Judy K. Donahoe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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0301 basic medicine
Serotype Veterinary medicine Bacteriuria 040301 veterinary sciences Placenta animal diseases 030106 microbiology Population Fluorescent Antibody Technique Kentucky Gestational Age Kidney 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Pregnancy Leptospira Agglutination Tests Direct agglutination test Prevalence Animals Medicine Leptospirosis Horses education Direct fluorescent antibody education.field_of_study General Veterinary biology business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Abortion Veterinary biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Gastrointestinal Contents Liver Female Horse Diseases Leptospira interrogans business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 4:279-284 |
| ISSN: | 1943-4936 1040-6387 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/104063879200400309 |
| Popis: | A study to determine the prevalence of leptospira-induced abortions in the central Kentucky equine population during the 1990 foaling season and to determine the leptospira serovars responsible was conducted. From July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990, 32 (4.4%) of 726 submissions (fetuses, stillborn foals, and/or placentas) were diagnosed as leptospirosis by the fluorescent antibody test and/or microscopic agglutination test. Attempts were made to isolate leptospires from the fetal tissues and/or the dam's urine in 31 of these cases. Leptospira interrogans serovar kennewicki was isolated from 11 (35.5%) and serovar grippotyphosa from 2 (6.5%) of the 31 cases. Of 12 cases that were culture negative with serologically positive fetal fluids, 8 had titers against serovar pomona, 1 against bratislava, 1 against grippotyphosa, 1 against hardjo, and 1 against both bratislava and pomona. |
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