Naslov
Canine leptospirosis in Croatia - alteration of infective serovars

Autori
Štritof Majetić, Zrinka ; Habuš, Josipa ; Milas, Zoran ; Mojčec Perko, Vesna ; Starešina, Vilim ; Barbić, Ljubo ; Perharić, Matko ; Stevanović, Vladimir ; Martinković, Krešimir ; Turk, Nenad

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
73 Congresso Internazionale Multisala SCIVAC : procedimento / - , 2012, 553-553

Skup
Congresso Internazionale Multisala SCIVAC (73 ; 2012)

Mjesto i datum
Rimini, Italija, 08.06.2012. - 10.06.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
leptospira; canine leptospirosis; seroprevalence; infective serovar

Sažetak
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease occurring worldwide in many animal species and humans. It is caused by pathogenic members of the Leptospira genus. Due to diversity of agglutinins on the outer membrane, protection provided by the current vaccines is restricted to serovars antigenically closely related to serovars used for vaccine production. Therefore, efficacy of the currently available vaccines is questionable. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of presumptive infective serovars in dogs in Croatia. Out of 151 dog sera tested in this survey, 57 (37, 7%) were seropositive. Most prevalent infecting serovars in decreasing order were: Pomona, Grippotyphosa, Ictherohaemorrhagiae, Australis, Saxkoebing and Hardjo. Five out of six detected serovars are not included in currently used vaccines in Croatia. Due to obvious alteration in serovars causing disease, vaccines containing the most prevalent infective serovars would certainly be more efficient in prevention of canine leptospirosis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Veterinarska medicina

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