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| Soto,Francisco Rafael M.; Azevedo,Sérgio Santos de; Morais,Zenaide Maria de; Pinheiro,Sônia Regina; Delbem,Ádina Cléia B.; Moreno,Andréa Micke; Paixão,Renata; Vuaden,Erlete R.; Vasconcellos,Sílvio Arruda. |
| Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis that causes reproductive disorders in swine. The isolation of leptospires from aborted fetuses, stillbirths and weak piglets was obtained in several occasions, however, the bacteria was never isolated from apparently healthy piglets born from apparently healthy infected dams. Six sows of the Landrace breed with a known date of service and pregnancy confirmed by ultrasonography were infected intravenously with 5ml of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola inoculum between 76 and 90 days of gestation, and one week after farrowing, at least one piglet per sow was euthanized and samples of liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, spleen and gastric content were taken and examined by PCR. Reproductive disorders or any clinical sign... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Experimental swine leptospirosis; Leptospira spp.; Serovar Canicola; Vertical transmission. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000400034 |
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