Evaluación serológica a Leptospira spp. en equinos aparentemente sanos en municipios del Meta y Guaviare, Colombia
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Date
2015-08-24
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. Leptospirosis is the most disseminated
zoonotic disease worldwide, and it causes serious
economic loses in several animal species. There are
few serological studies in Colombia applied to horses,
so the reactivity of the main serovars is unknown.
Objective. Determine the sanitary status of leptospira
spp in apparently healthy horses and identify the
main serovars. At the same time, we intend to relate
seropositivity with the age, the age group and the sex
of the animals. Materials and methods. A transversal
study was performed in (n=94) horses from four
towns located in the Guaviare and Meta provinces. As
a diagnostic test, the microscopic agglutination (MAT)
test was used before 10 serovars. Results. The seroprevalence
in the subpopulations were L. Pomona,
41.5 %; L icterohaemorragiae, 40.4 %; L. grippothyposa,
24.5 %; L. javanica 23.4 %; L. canícola, 16 %;
L. hardjoprajitno 10.6 %; L tarassovi, 7,4 %, L. hebdomadis,
7,4 %; L. wolffi, 2,1 % and L. Bratislava, 1,1
%. 23.4 % of the animals had no serological reactivity,
and the response to one or more serovars was 76.6
%. Conclusion. The most prevalent serovars were
Pomona and cterohaemorragaiae, and this can be a
reflex of the specific epidemiological conditions of the
towns the animals come from.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Leptospirosis equina, Leptospirosis, Caballos - Enfermedades, Zoonosis, Epidemiología, Caballos - Enfermedades - Diagnóstico