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Serological Study Of Leptospirosis Among Dairy Cattle In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Maid Rifatbegovic, Zinka Maksimovic
Serological Study Of Leptospirosis Among Dairy Cattle In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Maid Rifatbegovic, Zinka Maksimovic
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
A total of 75,206 blood serum samples from dairy cattle and quarantined heifers was collected between 2001 and 2007 and analyzed for bovine leptospirosis by the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Serovar Hardjo was used for testing of all sera, with the addition of 2 or 3 randomly chosen other serovars (Grippotyphosa, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Pomona, Bataviae, Canicola, and/or Saxcoebing). From the total number of sera tested, 1197 (1.59%) were serologically positive, with a decreasing tendency over the years of research. The most prevalent serovar was Pomona (1.32%), followed by Hardjo (0.52%) and Grippotyphosa (0.37%). The differences among the studied regions in terms …