title: Incidence of abortions caused by leptospirosis in sheep and goats in Spain.
abstract: From 1970 to 1985, 973 outbreaks of abortion in sheep and 262 outbreaks of abortion in goats from southern Spain were studied. Of these, 1.7 and 2.6% respectively were caused by leptospiras, chiefly by the serovar pomona (11 flocks of sheep, 64.7%, and six herds of goats, 75.0%) and in a lower proportion the serovars sejroe (three flocks of sheep 17.6%, and one herd of goats, 12.5%), icterohaemorrhagiae (two and one outbreaks respectively) and grippotyphosa in one ovine flock (5.8%). The mean rates of attach (X + SD) of abortions by leptospirosis have been estimated as 16.9 + 6.5% in ovine outbreaks and 20.7 + 8.3% among goats.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leon-Vizcaino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermoso de Mendoza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garrido
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006041:Goats; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013030:Spain