Prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo antibodies in milk in Belgian dairy herds

P P Dom; F Haesebrouck; R Vandermeersch; J Descamps; K Van Ommeslaeghe

doi:10.1080/01652176.1991.9694294

Prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo antibodies in milk in Belgian dairy herds

Vet Q. 1991 Apr;13(2):118-20. doi: 10.1080/01652176.1991.9694294.

Authors

P P Dom¹, F Haesebrouck, R Vandermeersch, J Descamps, K Van Ommeslaeghe

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 1882491
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1991.9694294

Abstract

Pooled milk samples were collected from 2000 Belgian dairy herds in the autumn of 1989. Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo were detected in 9.2% of the herds, with the incidence being higher in the southern part of the country.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis*
Belgium / epidemiology
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Leptospira interrogans / immunology*
Leptospirosis / epidemiology
Leptospirosis / veterinary*
Milk / immunology*
Prevalence

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial