Title
Seroprevalence to pathogenic leptospira in alpacas and vicuñas from huancavelica and ayacucho, Peru
Other title
Seroprevalencia a serovares de leptospiras patógenas en alpacas y vicuñas de los departamentos de Huancavelica y Ayacucho, Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
A serologic study was conducted on 793 alpaca and 195 vicuña sera samples collected in Huancavelica and Ayacucho departments in Peru to detect specific antibodies against five pathogenic leptospira serovars (L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. pomona, L. canicola, L. wolfii and L. ballum) by the microaglutination test. The survey revealed that 89.6% of the alpacas and 77.4% of vicuñas were positive to one or more serovars. In alpacas, the titers varied from 1:100 to 1:1600 reacting mainly to L. icterohaemorrhagiae (43.4%) and L. pomona (37.8%), whereas titers among vicuñas varied from 1:100 to 1:400 reacting similarly to L. icterohaemorrhagiae (69.2%) and L. pomona (8.2%) serovars. The alpacas also had antibodies to L. canicola (7.8 %) and L. wolfii (0.6%) serovars. These results show that the animals had previous exposure to at least 4 of the 5 serovars tested and the elevated titers to L. icterohaemorrhagiae and L. pomona serovars in alpacas suggest a recent infection event.
Start page
350
End page
356
Volume
23
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Crías y mascotas
Subjects
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84873480984
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú
ISSN of the container
1682-3419
Sources of information:
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