Leptospira spp. infection in sheep herds in southeast Brazil

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Priscila Barbante, Fabio H Shimabukuro, Helio Langoni, Virgínia B Richini-Pereira, Simone B Lucheis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2014
• Subjects: Leptospirosis; Ovine; Serology; Culture; PCR; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; Slaughter
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-20; https://doaj.org/article/0837078f32f34bbb977ddc18c89de833

Background With the aim of studying Leptospira spp. infection in sheep herds, blood samples and respective kidney and liver fragments were collected from 100 animals from twenty different properties during slaughter at a meat company in the Sorocaba region, São Paulo state, southeast Brazil. The mic...