Anti-Leptospira spp antibodies in cart horses of the city of Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
| Autor: | Elisa de Menezes Teixeira, Rogerio Oliveira Rodrigues, Veronica Bueno da Rosa, Angélica Cavalheiro Bertagnolli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Veterinary medicine sanitation animal diseases medicine.disease_cause Leptospira Direct agglutination test SF600-1100 Infestation medicine leptospirosis General Veterinary biology carts Zoonosis zoonosis bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Leptospirosis Close relationship biology.protein bacteria Antibody serogroup |
| Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria Brasilica, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 5-8 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1981-5484 |
| DOI: | 10.21708/avb.2021.15.1.9618 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of antibodies against Leptospira spp in horses used by communities of informal waste collectors who use horse-drawn cartsin Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul. Additionally, interviews were conducted with owners to assess the characteristics of the horses, their environment, and work. Serological testing for Leptospira spp. was performed on blood samples collected from 54 horses using the microscopic agglutination test. Results showed that 50.0% of the horses were seropositive for Leptospira spp and the most frequent serogroup was LeptospiraCanicola (88. 8%), followed by Leptospira Pyrogenes (11.1%), Leptospira Bataviae (7.4%), Leptospira Hebdomadis (7.4%), Leptospira Icterohaemorrhagiae (3.7%), Leptospira Australis (3.7%), Leptospira Pomona (3.7%) and Leptospira Copenhageni (3.7%). There were no statistically significant associations between seropositivity for Leptospira spp and age, gender, body score, water source, type of food storage, cohabitation with dogs, rodent infestation, residential flooding, and waste removal services. The prevalence of the Canicola serogroup, as well as a large number of dogs in close relationship with thehorses and the waste collectors, draws attention to the potential of these animals to become a source of Leptospira spp. infection in humans and other animals. |
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