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Miraglia,Fabiana; Moreno,Andréa Mike; Gomes,Cleise Ribeiro; Paixão,Renata; Liuson,Esequiel; Morais,Zenaide Maria; Maiorka,Paulo; Seixas,Fabiana Kömmling; Dellagostin,Odir Antonio; Vasconcellos,Silvio Arruda. |
With the aim of isolating Leptospira spp., blood serum, kidney, liver and genital tract of 137 female swine (40 sows and 97 gilts) and also urine samples from 22 sows were collected in a slaughterhouse in the State of São Paulo, from April 2003 to August 2004. Four isolates were obtained from animals that presented microagglutination test (MAT) titers > 100 for the serovar Pomona and one was obtained from an animal negative by MAT in which Leptospira was isolated from the liver and reproductive tract. The presence of leptospiral DNA was investigated by PCR, and positive results were found in kidneys of 11 females, liver of two, genital tract of two and urine of one of them. Nephrosis, interstitial multifocal nephritis, moderate to severe changing,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pomona; Swine; VNTR; Culture; PCR; Genital Tract. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000300017 |
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