tailieunhanh - Seroepidemiology of caprine leptospirosis in south Gujarat region of India

A study was conducted to assess the prevalence of leptospirosis and prevalent serovars among goats in south Gujarat, India. A total of 459 serum samples were collected randomly from goats of different age groups and breeds of either sex. Goats were sampled from Navsari, Surat, Tapi, Valsad districts of south Gujarat. Sera were screened by Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) using seventeen antigens representing Leptospira sp. serovars. The result showed 25% (116/459) seropositivity among goats. The most common serovars in goats included serovars Pyrogenes, Tarassovi, Bankinang, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Shermani, Patoc1 and Pomona. Higher prevalence was noted in Valsad district ( %) followed by Navsari ( %), Tapi ( %) and seroprevalence in these districts was dependent. | Seroepidemiology of caprine leptospirosis in south Gujarat region of India