title: Leptospiral antibodies in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Asturias, Northern Spain.
abstract: Serum samples collected from Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus; n=472), fallow deer (Dama dama; n=293) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa; n=174) in Asturias, Northern Spain, from 1999 to 2005 were examined for antibodies against a reference panel of 14 Leptospira spp. serovars. Positive antibody titres at a microscopic agglutination test cut-off of 1:80 were detected against serovars Pomona (1.6%, 5.8%, 5.2%), Bratislava (1.1%, 0.7%, 4.7%), Grippotyphosa (0.7%, 2.4%, 1.7%), Muenchen (2.6%, 0%, 0%), Pyrogenes (0.4%, 2.4%, 1.2%), Panama (1.2%, 1.7%, 0%), Copenhageni (0%, 0.7%, 0.6%), Autumnalis (0.4%, 0%, 0.6%) and Icterohaemorrhagiae (0%, 0%, 0.6%) in Iberian red deer, fallow deer and European wild boar, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (Principado de Asturias), E-33299 Jove, Gijón, Spain. aespi@serida.org
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espí
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Vanesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alzaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial