title: Serological prevalence to six leptospiral serovars in cattle in Asturias (Northern Spain).
abstract: The prevalence of antibody to six serovars of Leptospira interrogans in cattle in Asturias (Northern Spain) was determined by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Using 50% agglutination or lysis at a dilution of 1:10 or more as the criteria for seropositivity, 371 of 3578 (10.36%) animals were found to react with one serovar. The most commonly detected serovars were pomona (5.59%) and grippotyphosa (2.37%), whilst serovar hardjo (0.75%), icterohaemorrhagiae (0.64%), poi (0.64%) and autumnalis (0.36%) were found at lower frequencies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sanidad Animal de Jove, Gijon, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral