Investigation of chronic infection by Leptospira spp. in asymptomatic sheep slaughtered in slaughterhouse.

The study aimed to evaluate the histopathological characteristics of renal lesions in chronically infected sheep and with low titers of anti-Leptospira antibodies from a slaughterhouse. In the serological analysis, 24.74% (48/194) presented seroreactivity with a titer equal to or greater than 100. A...

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Main Authors: Daniela Santos Almeida, Lucas Nogueira Paz, Daiana Santos de Oliveira, Danielle Nascimento Silva, Paula Ristow, Camila Hamond, Federico Costa, Ricardo Wagner Portela, Alessandra Estrela-Lima, Melissa Hanzen Pinna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217391