Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis in Minnesota wolves
| Autor: | M. A. Khan, Sagar M. Goyal, S. H. Fritts, L. D. Mech, S. L. Diesch |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Male Veterinary medicine Minnesota Carnivora Sex Factors Direct agglutination test Agglutination Tests medicine Prevalence Seroprevalence Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecology biology Zoonosis Antibody titer medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Leptospirosis Antibodies Bacterial Canis Female Leptospira interrogans Weil Disease |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 27(2) |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | Serum samples (n = 457) from wolves (Canis lupus) in northern Minnesota were collected from 1972 through 1986 and were tested for antibodies against Leptospira interrogans using a microtiter agglutination test. Twelve serovars included in the study were: australis, autumnalis, ballum, bataviae, bratislava, canicola, copenhageni, grippotyphosa, hardjo, pomona, pyrogenes, and tarassovi. Fifty-two (11%) sera had antibody titers of greater than or equal to 1:50 against one or more serovars of L. interrogans. The seroprevalence of different serovars in decreasing order was: grippotyphosa, bratislava, autumnalis, canicola, pomona, ballum, pyrogenes, hardjo, and copenhageni. No antibodies were found against australis, bataviae, and tarassovi. These results indicate that L. interrogans infection may occur in wolves of Minnesota. |
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