Exposure of Free-Ranging Wild Animals to Zoonotic Leptospira interrogans Sensu Stricto in Slovenia

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Diana Žele-Vengušt, Renata Lindtner-Knific, Nina Mlakar-Hrženjak, Klemen Jerina, Gorazd Vengušt
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: wildlife; Leptospira interrogans; microscopic agglutination test; serology; Slovenia; Pomona; Canis lupus; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092722

A total of 249 serum samples from 13 wild animal species namely fallow deer (Dama dama, n = 1), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, n = 80), red deer (Cervus elaphus, n = 22), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra, n = 21), mouflon (Ovis musimon, n = 4), brown hare (Lepus europaeus, n = 2), nutria (Myocastor coyp...