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Sonada,Rafael Bazaglia; Azevedo,Sérgio Santos de; Soto,Francisco Rafael Martins; Costa,Diego Figueiredo da; Morais,Zenaide Maria de; Souza,Gisele Oliveira de; Gonçales,Amane Paldês; Miraglia,Fabiana; Vasconcellos,Sílvio Arruda. |
Abstract In swine and bovines, leptospirosis prevention and control is carried out via vaccination of susceptible animals using bacterins. However, the efficiency of leptospirosis vaccines has been questioned. This work aimed to investigate the potency of five leptospirosis vaccines sold commercially in Brazil, challenging the animals with one autochthonous strain of Leptospira, Canicola serovar, denoted LO4, isolated from swine. The standard protocol was followed, and renal carriers of Leptospira were identified among the surviving animals by culture and PCR. Of the five vaccines tested, only two proved effective. None of the surviving animals was positive by culture; however, one animal was positive by PCR. Three of the five vaccines sold commercially in... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leptospirosis; Vaccination; Production animals; Control. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822018000200347 |
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