Agglutinating antibodies against pathogenic Leptospira in healthy dogs and horses indicate common exposure and regular occurrence of subclinical infections

In order to get insight in the level of exposure to pathogenic Leptospira under the moderate sea climate conditions in the Netherlands, healthy dogs and horses were tested for antibodies using the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). 55% of 198 dogs tested had agglutinating antibodies against one o...

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Vydáno v:	Veterinary microbiology Ročník 148; číslo 2; s. 449 - 451
Hlavní autoři:	Houwers, D.J., Goris, M.G.A., Abdoel, T., Kas, J.A., Knobbe, S.S., van Dongen, A.M., Westerduin, F.E., Klein, W.R., Hartskeerl, R.A.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 24.03.2011 Elsevier
Témata:	Agglutinating antibodies agglutination tests Animals antibodies Antibodies, Bacterial Antibodies, Bacterial - blood antibody detection Asymptomatic Infections Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences blood Dog Diseases Dog Diseases - epidemiology Dog Diseases - immunology Dogs Dogs - microbiology epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Horse Diseases Horse Diseases - epidemiology Horse Diseases - immunology Horses Horses - microbiology human diseases humans immunology Leptospira Leptospira - immunology Leptospirosis Leptospirosis - epidemiology Leptospirosis - immunology Leptospirosis - veterinary Microbiology Miscellaneous Netherlands Netherlands - epidemiology Pathogenic Leptospira Prevalence serotypes veterinary Netherlands Pathogenic Leptospira Horses Agglutinating antibodies Prevalence Dogs Fissipedia Carnivora Spirochaetales Antibody Vertebrata Mammalia Leptospiraceae Horse Bacteria Perissodactyla Veterinary Dog Ungulata Leptospira
ISSN:	0378-1135, 1873-2542, 1873-2542
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Shrnutí:	In order to get insight in the level of exposure to pathogenic Leptospira under the moderate sea climate conditions in the Netherlands, healthy dogs and horses were tested for antibodies using the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). 55% of 198 dogs tested had agglutinating antibodies against one or more pathogenic serovars with serovar Copenhageni, the common cause of Weil's disease in dogs and humans, being predominant. Of a total 112 horses tested 79% had agglutinating antibodies against one or more pathogenic serovars, again with serovar Copenhageni predominating. Some dogs may have been vaccinated, but the low prevalence of anti-serovar Canicola antibodies and the results of an unvaccinated group suggest that this did not really influence the outcome. Horses, however, are never vaccinated. Results demonstrate that exposure to, and subclinical infections with, serovar Copenhageni and other pathogenic serovars commonly occur in dogs and horses in the Netherlands. Humans share part of their biotope with these species and are therefore also exposed, although probably to a lesser extent as a result of their less intimate contact with the environment.
Bibliografie:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.020 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:	0378-1135 1873-2542 1873-2542
DOI:	10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.020