title: Seroprevalence of bovine leptospirosis in Garanhuns Municipal District, Pernambuco State, Brazil.
abstract: The prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovars in dairy cattle was determined by analyzing 464 serum samples from cows on 15 properties in Garanhuns municipal district, Pernambuco State, Brazil. A microscopic seroagglutination test including 12 serovars of Leptospira interrogans as antigens was used. Samples with titres 100 were considered positive. Two hundred and twenty-one (47.63%) of the samples were positive to one or more serovars. The prevalence of the serovars was hardjo (21.98%), bratislava (15.73%), castellonis (11.64%), tarassovi (10.56%), pyrogenes (1.72%), icterohaemorrhagiae (1.08%), pomona (0.86%), wolffi (0.86%), grippotyphosa (0.86%), djasiman (0.43%), canicola (0.21 %), and copenhageni (0.21%).
authors.affiliation: Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Recife-PE, Brazil. deaalice@zipmail.com.br
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langoni
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Navegantes
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sá
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial