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Leptospirosis seropositivity and its serovars among cattle in Northeastern Malaysia
| العنوان: | Leptospirosis seropositivity and its serovars among cattle in Northeastern Malaysia |
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| المؤلفون: | Aziah Daud, Nik Mohd Hafiz Mohd Fuzi, Mohd Mokhtar Arshad, Suratan Kamarudin, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Wan Mohammad, Fairuz Amran, Nabilah Ismail |
| المصدر: | Veterinary World, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 840-844 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | Veterinary World, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Animal culture LCC:Veterinary medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | cattle, leptospirosis, microscopic agglutination test, serovar Sarawak, Animal culture, SF1-1100, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100 |
| الوصف: | Background: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that infects human and livestock which causes economic losses to the farmers. It has been reported as one of the causes of reproductive failure in cattle and other ruminants, determining abortions, stillbirth, weak newborns, and decrease in their growth rate and milk production. Aim: The objectives of this study were to determine the leptospirosis seroprevalence and to identify the predominant infecting serovars among cattle. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 420 cattle from six randomly selected districts in Kelantan was conducted. A serological test using the microscopic agglutination test was conducted in the Institute of Medical Research with a cutoff titer for seropositivity of ≥1:100. Results: The overall prevalence of leptospirosis seropositivity among cattle in this study was 81.7% (95% confidence interval: 63.5, 80.1). The most common reaction obtained with the sera tested was from the serovar Sarawak with 78.8%. Conclusion: A high seroprevalence of leptospiral antibodies was found among cattle in Northeastern Malaysia. These findings urge that more studies are required to determine the reasons for the high seroprevalence among the cattle along with its transmission and pathogenicity of the local serovar Sarawak. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0972-8988 2231-0916 |
| Relation: | http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/June-2018/17.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/0972-8988; https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0916 |
| DOI: | 10.14202/vetworld.2018.840-844 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/2e467a4f9e954effacd79a04791e8cab |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2e467a4f9e954effacd79a04791e8cab |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 09728988 22310916 |
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| DOI: | 10.14202/vetworld.2018.840-844 |