Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

BIBTEX RIS

Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in goats of the Seridó Oriental microregion, Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil, and risk factors research.

2010; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 47; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

1678-4456

José Othon de Araújo Neto, Clebert José Alves, S. S. de Azevedo, M. L. C. R. Silva, Carolina de Sousa Américo Batista,

Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases

A sero-epidemiological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies as well as to identify risk factors associated with infection in goats of the Serido Oriental microregion, Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil. Serum samples from 366 adult goats from 12 herds were collected. For serological diagnosis of Leptospira spp. infection, the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was carried out using 24 live Leptospira spp. serovars as antigens. Out of the 366 investigated goats, 53 were seropositive for at least one Leptospira spp. serovar, resulting in a seroprevalence of 14.5% (95% CI = 11.0% – 18.5%). The most prevalent serovar was the Autumnalis (73.6% of the positive reactions). There were no variables associated with leptospirosis occurrence (p > 0.05).