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8 July 2024 Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in Free-Living and Captive Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) and Free-Living Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) in Brazil
Daniela N. Nossa, Yhuri C. Nóbrega, Igor C. L. Acosta, Marcelo Renan D. Santos, Paulo Q. Menezes, Marcos B. Heinemann, Antônio Francisco Souza Filho, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo
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Abstract

We evaluated antibodies against Leptospira spp. in both free-living and captive Caiman latirostris from Atlantic Forest, and free-living Caiman yacare from Pantanal, Brazil, by using a microscopic agglutination test. Overall seropositivity was 17%, with rates of 36% in captive C. latirostris (n=4/11) and 18% in free-living C. yacare (n=4/22).

Daniela N. Nossa, Yhuri C. Nóbrega, Igor C. L. Acosta, Marcelo Renan D. Santos, Paulo Q. Menezes, Marcos B. Heinemann, Antônio Francisco Souza Filho, and Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo "Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in Free-Living and Captive Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) and Free-Living Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) in Brazil," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60(3), 795-798, (8 July 2024). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00185
Received: 1 December 2023; Accepted: 16 February 2024; Published: 8 July 2024
KEYWORDS
Alligatoridae
Crocodilia
leptospirosis
Spirochaetes
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