Abstract

MEDINA A, Zuleima; GUERRA B, María  and  VELIZ, Noél. Serological Study of Leptospirosis in Canines from a Shelter  in the State of Aragua. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Vet. [online]. 2010, vol.51, n.2, pp.093-097. ISSN 0258-6576.

To determine the seroprevalence of Leptospira spp., an epidemiological transversal study in stray dogs from a shelter was conducted. Thirty dogs were sampled from a population of 53 animals, disregarding both age and sex. Animals with poor body condition were excluded from the study. The diagnose was made by the Micro Agglutination Test (MAT) using a battery of eight serovars (icterohaemorrhagiae, canicola, ballum, pomona, grippotyphosa, hardjo, hebdomadis, and wolfii) to challenge sera. The results of the study show that all samples analyzed were positive to microagglutination, which represents a 100% seroprevalence. All sera reacted to more than one serovar, being coagglutination more frequent to icterohaemorrhagiae, canicola and hardjo. The highest titer (1:400) corresponded to the hardjo and canicola serovar.

Keywords : Seroepidemiologic studies; Serology; Leptospirosis; Dogs; Aragua.

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