Leptospirosis canina en zonas urbana y rural del partido de Azul

Abstract

Fueron estudiados 255 perros de áreas suburbana y rural de Azul mediante la técnica de microaglutinación con antígeno vivo (MAT). Se encontraron 98 perros sero-reactores (38,43) correspondiendo la mayor participación a las serovariedades Icterohaemorrhagiae (31%), Hardjoprajitmo (26%), Ballum (14%) y Pyrogenes (12%).

A serological study on dogs from suburban and rural areas of Azul was carried out, in order to know which serovar of leptospires those animals have. Have been tested 255 samples for the microagglutination test with living antigen (MAT). 98 sera proved to be positive (38,43), most of them belonging to Icterohaemorrhagiae (31%), Hardjoprajitmo (26%), Ballum (14%) and Pyrogenes (12%)