Seroprevalence of bovine leptospiral antibodies by microscopic agglutination test in Southeast of Iran.

Mohammad Khalili; Ehsanollah Sakhaee; Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian; Gholamreza Abdollahpour; Saeed Sattari Tabrizi; Elham Mohammadi Damaneh; Sajad Hossini-nasab

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Seroprevalence of bovine leptospiral antibodies by microscopic agglutination test in Southeast of Iran.

Author: Mohammad KHALILI ^{1
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2} ; Ehsanollah SAKHAEE ³ ; Mohammad Reza AFLATOONIAN ⁴ ; Gholamreza ABDOLLAHPOUR ⁵ ; Saeed Sattari TABRIZI ⁵ ; Elham Mohammadi DAMANEH ⁶ ; Sajad HOSSINI-NASAB ⁶
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1. Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2. Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
3. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
4. Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
5. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
6. Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Bovine leptospirosis; Iran; MAT; Serology
From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2014;4(5):354-357
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate serological findings of bovine leptospirosis which is a zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution caused by Leptospira interrogans.
METHODSOne hundred and sixty seven sera were collected from 9 commercial dairy herds in jiroft suburbs, from July to October 2011. Microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was used to evaluates serological findings of bovine leptospirosis in Jiroft suburb dairy farms, Kerman province, Iran.
RESULTSAntibodies were found by MAT at least against one serovar of Leptospira interrogans in 29 samples (17.36%) among 167 sera at a dilution 1:100 or higher, and Leptospira pomona was the most prevalent serovar. Positive titers against more than one serovar were detected in 6 sera of the positive samples.
CONCLUSIONThis study is the first report of leptospirosis in Southeast Iran and showed that Leptospira pomona was the most and Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae the least prevalent serovars in Southeast Iran.