Occurrence of antibodies against Leptospira spp in dogs from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Authors

  • Elís Rosélia Dutra de Freitas Siqueira Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Vanessa Castro Instituto Biológico
  • Maria das Graças Prianti Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Larissa Maria Feitosa Gonçalves Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Enoque Pereira Costa Sobrinho Júnior Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Karina Oliveira Drumond Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Ana Lys Bezerra Barradas Mineiro Universidade Federal do Piauí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.110588

Keywords:

Leptospiras, dogs, epidemiology

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a systemic disease caused by the species of bacteria Leptospira spp., which affects human beings, domestic and wild animals. The present study searched the presence of antibodies against Leptospira spp. in the canine population of the city Teresina, Piauí, and the most common serovars. Blood samples from 425 stray dogs were collected in the local zoonosis center in Teresina from July 2010 to January 2012 and submitted to the Microscopic Seroagglutination Test (MAT). This study found an average infection rate of 17.41% (IC 95%; 13,8 – 21,0) by 11 different serovars; the four most frequent were Canicola (18.9%), Autumnalis (16.2%), Icterohaemorrhagiae (12.1%), and Butembo (12.1%). The questions raised in this study indicated the occurrence of Leptospira spp infection in dogs of Terezina- Piaui, Brazil.

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2017-05-19

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Occurrence of antibodies against Leptospira spp in dogs from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. (2017). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 54(1), 88-91. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2017.110588