Research on leptospirosis of pigs imported in Ukraine
Journal Title: Бюлетень "Ветеринарна біотехнологія" - Year 2018, Vol 32, Issue
Abstract
Introduction. Leptospirosis is a dangerous infectious disease of animals and humans caused by bacteria Leptospira. Leptospirosis causes significant economic losses in livestock production, in particular in pig breeding. The article presents the results of the conducted studies on the etiological structure of the detected Leptospira serovars in the studied blood serums of the imported pigs for leptospirosis by microscopic agglutination test (MAT). The goal of the work was to analize the etiological structure of Leptospira serovars in blood sera of imported pigs for leptospirosis. Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, during 2009−2014, 29412 samples of blood sera from pigs imported into Ukrainian farms from Austria, Belgium, the UK, Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Hungary, France, the Czech Republic were examined by microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Results of research and discussion. It was shown that during the study period the results were different. Thus, seropositive animals were discovered during imports from Austria (2011, 2014), Denmark (2009), Latvia (2011−2012), Germany (2013), Poland (2012), the Czech Republic (2014). Such animals did not need restrictions and were suitable for use in farms. In all other cases, the presence of seropositive animals was diagnosed among imported animals: from Belgium (2009), Great Britain (2009−2014), Denmark (2010−2014), Ireland (2009, 2011), Latvia (2013), Germany (2010−2012), Poland (2009, 2010, 2013), Hungary (2009−2013), France (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), the Czech Republic (2009, 2010, 2012). It is should be noticed that seropositive animals had a diagnostic titer of antibodies to both individual Leptospira serovar and to several of them. Conclusions and prospects for further research. 1. Infection rate of imported pigs during 2009−2014 was 12.2%, which indicates the necessity of continuous serological monitoring. 2. During 2009−2014 the largest number of pigs had diagnostic titers of antibodies to L. icterohaemorrhagiae (71.2%), to L. bratislava (14.3%), and to several leptospira serogroups (12.2%). 3. There is a high risk of leptospirosis pathogen introduction to Ukraine.
Authors and Affiliations
Galina Alekseeva
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP388873
- DOI 10.31073/vet_biotech32(2)-01
- Views 133
- Downloads 0
Adaptation of the bovine diarrhea virus strain «bug-04» to non-permission animal cell cultures
Bovine viral diarrhea (mucosal disease, infectious enteritis of cattle) is a common contagious disease affecting different age groups of animals, has a wide range of clinical symptoms, can lead to both immunosuppression...
Peculiarities of pathogenesis in case of simuliidotoxicosis of cattle
Introduction. The black-flies of the Simuliidae family are particularly dangerous among the bloodsucking dipterans insects. They cause pathological phenomena in different kinds of warm-blooded animals, recognized as simu...
Influence of cryopreservation on the genetic stability of the cat stem cells in dependence on their source
Introduction. An important issue of the cell therapy is the long-term preservation of the cell material. Currently, cryopreservation is used for this purpose. In the process of the cell material freezing, there are two m...
Specific prophylaxis of rabies in domestic and livestock animals
Introduction. An effective strategy for preventing rabies is controlling rabies in the host reservoir with vaccination. Rabies vaccine has proven to be the most effective measure for coping with this fatal viral zoonotic...
Prevalence of toxoplasmosis among wild boars on the territory of Ukraine
Introduction. The article presents the results of research of wild boar (Sus scrofa) blood serum for the presence of antibodies of toxoplasmosis agent Toxoplasma gondii. The data obtained in the course of an experimental...