Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in New England horses: serologic survey.
Twelve of 50 randomly selected horses from areas endemic for Borrelia burgdorferi had indirect fluorescent antibody titers of 1:8 to 1:2,048 against B burgdorferi. One of 50 horses from nonendemic areas had a titer of 1:8. This difference in the number of horses seropositive for B burgdorferi (P less than 0.002) and our finding that seropositive horses did not have agglutinating antibodies against potentially cross-reacting Leptospira spp indicated that horses in endemic areas were exposed to B burgdorferi and that the spirochete induced an antibody response in the horses.
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001898:Borrelia / Q000276:immunology*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006736:Horses; D009511:New England
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial