Title : ( Seroprevalence of Leptospiral Infection in Rodents of DairyCattle Herds Complexes in Suburb of Mashhad-Iran )
Authors: Massoud Talebkhan Garoussi , J. Vand-e-Useefee , Jalil Mehrzad ,
Full TextAbstract
A total of 115 rodents including 66 mole rats (Nesokia indica) and 49 house mice (Mus musculus) were trapped from 18 commercial dairy cattle herds/farms in Mashhad suburb of Khorrassan Razavee province, Iran. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) with 22 live antigens were used to determine serological responses. The seroprevalence (at a titer ≥100) was 21.73%. Serum samples showed positive reaction against Leptospira interrogans serogroups/serovars Icterohaemorragiae icterohaemorragiae, Grippothyphosa grippothyphosa and Sejroe hardjo and the distribution of MAT titer for serogroups/ serovars were 1:200, 1:400, 1:800 and 1:1600, respectively. The infection rate was significantly higher in mole rats than house mice (P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences among species and different infection titers.
Keywords
, Leptospira, seroprevalence, redents, dairy cattle.
@article{paperid:1013139,
author = {Talebkhan Garoussi, Massoud and J. Vand-e-Useefee and Mehrzad, Jalil},
title = {Seroprevalence of Leptospiral Infection in Rodents of DairyCattle Herds Complexes in Suburb of Mashhad-Iran},
journal = {Journal of Applied Animal Research},
year = {2006},
volume = {30},
number = {2},
month = {April},
issn = {0971-2119},
pages = {109--111},
numpages = {2},
keywords = {Leptospira; seroprevalence; redents; dairy cattle.},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Seroprevalence of Leptospiral Infection in Rodents of DairyCattle Herds Complexes in Suburb of Mashhad-Iran
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%A J. Vand-e-Useefee
%A Mehrzad, Jalil
%J Journal of Applied Animal Research
%@ 0971-2119
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