Leptospira spp. infection in sheep herds in southeast Brazil
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
; J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis;2004/02/2014.
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ABSTRACT
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 microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was performed with 29 strains of Leptospira spp. To identify the agent in the liver and kidney, 100 samples of each tissue were submitted to culture in Fletcher medium and analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Leptospira spp.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Sorologia
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Ovinos
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Leptospirose
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis
Assunto da revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil