Leptospirosis in horses

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2013 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Veterinary Record, volume 172, pages 479-480 (issn: 0042-4900, eissn: 2042-7670,

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Authors: Ana Paula, Loureiro; Camila, Hamond; Walter, Lilenbaum;

doi: 10.1136/vr.f2824

pmid: 23645436

Leptospirosis in horses

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WE read with interest the paper ‘Seropreva-lence study of leptospirosis in horses in northern Poland’ (Arent and Kedzierska-Mieszkowska 2013), regarding the serological scenario of this infection in animals from this temperate country in Europe. With our 20-year experience working with animal leptospirosis under tropical conditions, we believe that it is interesting to compare, from an epidemiological point of view, their results with the scenario of leptospirosis in horses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in the world and its incidence is …

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UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
Brazil

Keywords

Leptospira, Animals, Horse Diseases, Leptospirosis

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