Occurrence of animals with anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies in the region of Uberlândia, MG, 2011-2014

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a cosmopolitan disease, with a great importance to Veterinary Medicine by occurring in several domestic and wild species, it also may cause losses in the productive sectors and public health concerns. The objective of the study was to evaluate the frequency of cattle, buffaloes, wild canines, canines, goats, horses, cats, sheep, rodents and pigsreactive serum to test for leptospirosis, which serogroups were most prevalent. The results of leptospirosis exams obtained by the Microscopic Agglutination Test made in Infectious Diseases Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Uberlândia were compiled between the years of 2011 to 2014. The specie that showed higher rates of seropositivity was bovine, the most prevalent serogruoup in the tests was Sejroe.