title: Prevalence of Leptospira and Brucella antibodies in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Tuscany, Italy.
abstract: Five hundred sixty-two blood samples were collected from wild boars (Sus scrofa) shot in six districts of Tuscany, central Italy, between 1997 and 2000. Sera were examined for antibodies specific for Leptospira interrogans by microagglutination test and Brucella spp. by the Rose Bengal test and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Thirty-four (6.0%) samples tested positive for anti-Leptospira antibodies, 29 (5.1%) sera were positive for anti-L. interrogans serovar bratislava antibodies (titres ranging from 1:100-1:400), and 5 (0.9%) sera were positive for anti-L. interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae antibodies (titres 1:100). All the examined sera were negative for anti-Brucella antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Profilassi ed Igiene degli Allmenti, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2 I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Ebani
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cerri
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andreani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D002002:Brucella / Q000276:immunology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000276:immunology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial