title: Antibodies to Leptospira interrogans in goats and risk factors of the disease in Santa Catarina (West side), Brazil.
abstract: Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Leptospira spp. In goats, the productive impact of leptospirosis is not well known and totally unknown in Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil. This study aimed to investigate leptospirosis seroprevalence and its risk factors in goats in the west side of SC. A total of 654 blood samples were analyzed using the microscopic agglutination technique and 35.47% (232) of the animals were seropositives. Except for serogroup Autumnalis, positive samples for all other serogroups were found as follows: Sejroe (Hardjo, Wolffi), Grippotyphosa (Grippotyphosa), Canicola (Canicola), Icterohaemorrhagiae (Icterohaemorrhagiae, Copenhageni), Australis (Australis, Bratislava) and Pomona (Pomona). The contact among sheep and goats, and the addition of concentrate as food supplement were found to be risk factors for leptospirosis. Based on these results, we conclude that there is a high occurrence of anti-Leptospira antibodies in goats in the Western part of Santa Catarina State.
authors: Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
authors: Josué
authors: J
authors: Topazio
authors: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Alexandre A
authors: AA
authors: Tonin
authors: Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Gustavo
authors: G
authors: Machado
authors: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Jessica C G
authors: JC
authors: Noll
authors: Department Animal Production, UDESC, Lages, SC, Brazil.
authors: André
authors: A
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Department Animal Production, UDESC, Lages, SC, Brazil.
authors: Anderson B
authors: AB
authors: Moura
authors: Graduate Program in Toxicology Biochemical, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Guilherme M
authors: GM
authors: Carmo
authors: Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
authors: Hyolanda M
authors: HM
authors: Grosskopf
authors: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Jorge L R
authors: JL
authors: Martins
authors: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Manoel R T
authors: MR
authors: Badke
authors: Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
authors: Lenita M
authors: LM
authors: Stefani
authors: Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
authors: Leandro S
authors: LS
authors: Lopes
authors: Department of Animal Science, University of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, Brazil; Graduate Program in Toxicology Biochemical, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: aleksandro_ss@yahoo.com.br.
authors: Aleksandro S
authors: AS
authors: Da Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D006041:Goats; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
keywords: Goat; Leptospirosis; Prevalence; Zoonosis