Abstract
Micro agglutination testing was used to detect specific antibodies against five pathogenic Leptospiraserovars ( icterohaemorrhagiae, pomona, canicola, wolfii and ballum) in 793 alpaca and 195 vicuña serum samples collected in the Huancavelica and Ayacucho Departments of Peru. The study revealed that 89.6% of the alpacas and 77.4% of the vicuñas were positive to one or more serovars. In alpacas, the titers varied from 1:100 to 1:1600 for reactions to icterohaemorrhagiae (43.4%) and pomona (37.8%), whereas among vicuñas titers varied from 1:100 to 1:400 for reactions to the same serovarsi. cterohaemorrhagiae (69.2%) and pomona (8.2%). The alpacas also had antibodies to canicola (7.8%) and wolfii (0.6%). These results show that these animals had previous exposure to 4 of the 5 serovars tested, and the elevated titers to icterohaemorrhagiae and pomona in alpacas suggest a recent infection event.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 256-259 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Small Ruminant Research |
Volume | 130 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier B.V..
Keywords
- Alpaca
- Icterohaemorrhagiae
- Leptospiraantibodies
- Peru
- Pomona
- Vicuña