title: Prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo antibodies in milk in Belgian dairy herds.
abstract: Pooled milk samples were collected from 2000 Belgian dairy herds in the autumn of 1989. Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo were detected in 9.2% of the herds, with the incidence being higher in the southern part of the country.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Dom
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haesebrouck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vandermeersch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Descamps
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van Ommeslaeghe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008892:Milk / Q000276:immunology*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial