Serological Survey of Leptospira Infection in Arabian Horses in Poland
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Selected Population of Arabians
4.2. Analyses
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Horse Farm | No.of Horses | No. of Positive Horses Seroprevalence (%) | Number of Positive Reactions in 1, 2, 3 and 4 Serotypes | ||||||||
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Icterohaemorrhagiae | Grippotyphosa | Sejroe | Tarassovi | Pomona | Canicola | In 2 Serotypes | In 3 Serotypes | In 4 Serotypes | |||
A | 270 | 82 (30.4%) | 3 (3.7%) | 50 (61.0%) | 7 (8.5%) | 5 (6.1%) | 1 (1.2%) | 3 (3.7%) | 12 (14.6%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
B | 292 | 109 (37.3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 60 (55.0%) | 5 (4.6%) | 5 (4.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (13.8%) | 21 (19.1%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.9%) |
C | 53 | 13 (24.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (30.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (38.5%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Total | 615 | 204 (33.2%) | 4 (2.0%) | 114 (55.9%) | 12 (5.9%) | 15 (7.4%) | 2 (1.0%) | 18 (8.8%) | 36 (17.6%) | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.5%) |
Serovar | 1:100 | 1:200 | 1:400 | 1:800 | 1:1600 | 1:3200 |
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Grippotyphosa | 18.1% | 25.9% | 24.5% | 17.5% | 10.6% | 3.4% |
Pomona | 44.5% | 22.2% | 11.1% | 22.2% | ||
Tarassovi | 78.4% | 13.0% | 8.6% | |||
Sejroe | 45.5% | 40.9% | 13.6% | |||
Canicola | 36.8% | 42.1% | 21.1% | |||
Icterohaemorrhagiae | 53.8% | 38.5% | 7.7% |
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Wasiński, B.; Paschalis-Trela, K.; Trela, J.; Czopowicz, M.; Kita, J.; Żychska, M.; Cywińska, A.; Markowska-Daniel, I.; Carter, C.; Witkowski, L. Serological Survey of Leptospira Infection in Arabian Horses in Poland. Pathogens 2021, 10, 688. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060688
Wasiński B, Paschalis-Trela K, Trela J, Czopowicz M, Kita J, Żychska M, Cywińska A, Markowska-Daniel I, Carter C, Witkowski L. Serological Survey of Leptospira Infection in Arabian Horses in Poland. Pathogens. 2021; 10(6):688. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060688
Chicago/Turabian StyleWasiński, Bernard, Katarzyna Paschalis-Trela, Jan Trela, Michał Czopowicz, Jerzy Kita, Monika Żychska, Anna Cywińska, Iwona Markowska-Daniel, Craig Carter, and Lucjan Witkowski. 2021. "Serological Survey of Leptospira Infection in Arabian Horses in Poland" Pathogens 10, no. 6: 688. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060688