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Prevalence of non -vaccine strains in leptospira affected dogs in Chennai- A Retrospective study

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Title Prevalence of non -vaccine strains in leptospira affected dogs in Chennai- A Retrospective study
 
Creator H, Prabhavathy
G. Vijayakumar
N. Premalatha
S. Kavitha
 
Description The present study was aimed to report the positive prevalence of Leptospira strains in and around Chennai. The dogs presented to Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital from January 2023 to December 2023 were included for this retrospective study. Overall positive prevalence of canine leptospirosis was 41.17 per cent (42/102) based on microscopic agglutination test (MAT).  Canine leptospirosis was found to be higher in the age group of 1year to 5years. Positive prevalence was higher in male dogs than female in canine leptospirosis. Leptospirosis strains included in vaccine are Canicola, Pomona, Icterohaemorrhagiae and Grippotyphosa. The unvaccinated strains including Autumnalis, Australis, ballum were highly prevalent among dogs and less prevalent strains were Pyrogenes, Javonica and Hebdomadis. 
 
Publisher Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine
 
Date 2024-11-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVM/article/view/155176
10.56093/ijvm.v44i2.155176
 
Source Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine; Vol. 44 No. 2 (2024); 31-33
0970-051X
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVM/article/view/155176/57699
 
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