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1 July 1992 Prevalence of Antibody Titers to Leptospira Spp. in Minnesota White-tailed Deer
Sagar M. Goyal, L. David Mech, Michael E. Nelson
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Abstract

Serum samples (n = 204) from 124 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Minnesota (USA) were collected from 1984 through 1989 and tested for antibodies to six serovars of Leptospira interrogans (bratislava, canicola, grippotyphosa, hardjo, icterohemorrhagiae, and pomona) using a microtiter agglutination test. Eighty-eight (43%) sera were positive at ≥ 1:100 for antibodies against serovars pomona and/or bratislava; none was positive for any of the other four serovars. None of the 31 sera collected in 1984–85 was positive, whereas all 54 sera collected from 1986 through 1988 had titers of ≥ 1:100. During 1989, only 34 (29%) of 119 sera had titers of ≥ 1:100. Based on these results, we believe there to be wide variability in exposure of Minnesota deer to Leptospira interrogans.

Goyal, Mech, and Nelson: Prevalence of Antibody Titers to Leptospira Spp. in Minnesota White-tailed Deer
Sagar M. Goyal, L. David Mech, and Michael E. Nelson "Prevalence of Antibody Titers to Leptospira Spp. in Minnesota White-tailed Deer," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(3), 445-448, (1 July 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.3.445
Received: 3 June 1991; Published: 1 July 1992
KEYWORDS
epizootiology
Leptospira interrogans
leptospirosis
microtiter agglutination
Odocoileus virginianus
regional serosurvey
white-tailed deer
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