Serological survey for canine leptospirosis in the Pretoria area.
Canine serum samples (n = 400) from the Pretoria area were tested for Leptospira antibodies, using the microscopic agglutination test. The prevalence of antibodies (inconclusive and positive titres) was 1.5%. Reactions were only against Leptospira interrogans serovars tarassovi and pyrogens. Leptospirosis does not appear to be an important canine disease in the Pretoria area.
Reproduction Section, Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa.
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Myburgh
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Posnett
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Lawrence
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial