Investigação soroepidemiológica de leptospirose canina na área territorial urbana de Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Modolo, José Rafael [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Langoni, Hélio [UNESP], Padovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP], Shimabukuro, Fábio Hiroto [UNESP], Mendonça, André de Oliveira [UNESP], Victória, Cassiano [UNESP], da Silva, Welligton Borges [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26567; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69384
• topic: Dogs; Leptospiras; Urban area; Animalia; Canis familiaris; Leptospira

Leptospirosis was seroepidemiologically investigated in 775 dogs from Botucatu, state of Sao Paulo, in blood samples collected during the annual anti-rabies vaccination campaign. The samples were collected from 14 out of the 45 vaccination stations geographically distributed in five different municipal districts, with a territorial urban area of 31Km2. Samples were taken from 449 males and 326 females; 564 were of undetermined breed, and 211 were pedigree animals; ages ranged from 3 months to 20 years. Diagnosis included the microscopic serum agglutination tests using 12 Leptospira spp serovars. Serological results and epidemiological variables were compared using Goodman and chi-square tests, with χ=0.05. There were 119 (15.3%) positive samples for 11 serovars; the most important was canicola with 48 (40.3%), followed by pyrogenes 41 (34.5%). Statistical analysis showed significant difference for: breed, 17.7% positive in undetermined breeds and 9.0% in pedigrees; and sex, 18.4% positive in males and 11.0% in females. There was no statistically significant difference in relation to age with uniform distribution of positives.