The prevalence of leptospiral antibodies in free roaming cats in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

IF 2.6 2区农林科学

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Pub Date : 2012-05-01 Epub Date: 2012-03-06 DOI:10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00900.x

J E Markovich, L Ross, E McCobb

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Abstract

Background: Serosurveys of cats for exposure to or infection with leptospires have been published from other geographic areas, but none for cats in the United States in the past 4 decades.

Hypothesis/objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the prevalence of leptospiral antibodies in a population of free roaming cats in Worcester County, (central) Massachusetts.

Animals: Sixty-three free roaming cats presenting to a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program.

Methods: Prospective study. Serum was collected from 63 free roaming cats presented to a university associated TNR. Microagglutination titers to Leptospira interrogans serovars Autumnalis, Hardjo, Bratislava, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Canicola, Pomona, and L kirshneri Grippotyphosa were determined.

Results: A total of 3 of 63 cats (4.8%) had a titer of 1 : 100 or greater to one or more serovars, with Autumnalis being the most common. None of the cats were seropositive to Hardjo, Grippotyphosa, or Canicola.

Conclusions and clinical importance: These results are consistent with previously published seroprevalence rates in feral cats. Additional studies are required to determine the role of leptosporosis in clinical disease in the domestic cat.

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麻萨诸塞州伍斯特县流浪猫中钩端螺旋体抗体的流行。

背景:其他地区的猫接触或感染钩端螺旋体的血清调查已经发表，但在过去的40年里没有针对美国猫的调查。假设/目的:本初步研究的目的是确定马萨诸塞州伍斯特县(中部)流浪猫群体中钩端螺旋体抗体的流行情况。动物:63只自由漫游的猫参加了一个陷阱-绝育-回归(TNR)项目。方法:前瞻性研究。从63只流浪猫身上收集血清，这些猫被送到大学相关的TNR。测定了秋钩端螺旋体、哈德乔钩端螺旋体、布拉迪斯拉发钩端螺旋体、出血性钩端螺旋体、Canicola钩端螺旋体、Pomona钩端螺旋体和kirshneri钩端伤寒螺旋体的微凝集滴度。结果:63只猫中有3只(4.8%)对一种或多种血清型的滴度为1:1及以上，以秋猫最常见。没有猫对Hardjo、gripo伤寒菌或Canicola血清呈阳性。结论和临床意义:这些结果与先前发表的野猫血清患病率一致。需要进一步的研究来确定钩端孢子病在家猫临床疾病中的作用。

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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Veterinary-General Veterinary

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