TY - JOUR ID - 10 TI - Serologic study on leptospiral infection in sheep in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran JO - Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research JA - IJVR LA - en SN - 1728-1997 AU - Haji Hajikolaei, M.R AU - Ghorbanpour, M AU - Gharibi, D AU - Abdollapour, G.R AD - Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran AD - Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; AD - Graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran AD - Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2007 PY - 2007 VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 333 EP - 336 DO - 10.22099/ijvr.2007.10 N2 - To investigate the seroprevalence of leptospiral infection in sheep in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, bloodsamples were taken from 181 female sheep. Sera were stored at -20°C until use. They were initially screenedat serum dilution of 1:100 against six live antigens of Leptospira interrogans serovars pomona, canicola,hardjo, ballum, icterohaemorrhagiae, grippotyphosa using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Thesamples were considered positive if ≥ 50% of agglutination of leptospire in a dilution test serum of ≥ l:100were observed. Sera with positive results were titrated against reacting antigens in serial two-fold dilutionsfrom l:100 to 1:1600. Antibodies against one or more serovars were detected in 27 (14.9%) sera at dilution≥1:100. Antibodies against more than one serovar were found in 5 (18.5%) positive sera. Among the positivesera, antibodies were most frequent to serovar pomona (43.8%) followed by canicola (21.9%),icterohaemorrhagiae (12.5%), grippotyphosa (9.4%), ballum and hardjo (each of them 6.3%). The results ofthis survey indicate that leptospiral infection is common in sheep in Ahvaz and that various serovars concurin the etiology. UR - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_10.html L1 - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_10_cb8cfb55437bbaf10d684954f9cc28ef.pdf ER -