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Seroprevalence of Cat Leptospirosis in Belgrade (Serbia)

Open Access
|Dec 2014

Abstract

With its epizootiological characteristics, the territory of the municipality of Belgrade city is a potentially important locality for the maintenance and spreading of a number of serovars of Leptospira interrogans. In order to evaluate the epizootiological situation as far as animal leptospirosis in the Belgrade region is concerned, from January 2012 until June 2013 the prevalence of cat leptospirosis has been evaluated. The standard microagglutination test (MAT) was used to determine animals sero positive to different serovars that belong to L. interrogans sensu lato complex. The antigens used were: Icterohaemorrhagiae, Grippotyphosa, Pomona, Canicola, Bratislava, Batavie, Sejroe, Pyrogenes, Australis and Autumnalis. Out of the total number of tested animals, there were 43 (26.7%) positive to one, two or three serovar(s). Out of a total of 43 positive sera 20 (46.5%) samples were positive to more than one leptospira serovar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2014-0047 | Journal eISSN: 1820-7448 | Journal ISSN: 0567-8315
Language: English
Page range: 510 - 518
Submitted on: Apr 9, 2014
Accepted on: Sep 9, 2014
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
Published by: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2014 Obrenović Sonja, Radojičić Sonja, Stević Nataša, Bogunović Danica, Vakanjac Slobodanka, Valčić Miroslav, published by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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