<i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System
Bovine leptospirosis is an infectious zoonotic disease causing reproductive problems and economic losses in livestock. This work reports, for the first time in Sicily (South Italy), an outbreak of <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona that occurred in cattle farms within the Neb...
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author | Antonino Aliberti Valeria Blanda Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti Giusi Macaluso Paola Galluzzo Cristina Bertasio Carmela Sciacca Francesca Arcuri Rosalia D’Agostino Dorotea Ippolito Flavia Pruiti Ciarello Alessandra Torina Francesca Grippi |
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description | Bovine leptospirosis is an infectious zoonotic disease causing reproductive problems and economic losses in livestock. This work reports, for the first time in Sicily (South Italy), an outbreak of <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona that occurred in cattle farms within the Nebrodi Park and was mainly characterized by full-term abortion. Blood and urine samples were collected at different time points from animals of six different farms (Farms A–F) sharing the same grazing area. Research of antibodies against pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> species in serum samples was carried out via Micro Agglutination Test (MAT). Urine samples were subjected to pathogen isolation and molecular analyses via TaqMan Real Time-PCR. Genotyping of <i>Leptospira</i> species was obtained by Multi-locus sequence typing. MAT detected antibodies against <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona in serum samples of all the farms. Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. DNA and culture isolation was obtained from urine samples. Genotyping confirmed the excretion of <i>L. interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona. This study describes clinical manifestations, diagnostic implications and epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak in cattle due to <i>L. interrogans</i> Pomona in a protected multi-host area, where domestic and wild animals share the same habitat, suggesting a role of wild species in transmission and persistence of Pomona serogroup among cattle. |
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spelling | doaj.art-30d6a139702a4c22a6ad83aa3d7d2bba2023-11-23T22:28:22ZengMDPI AGVeterinary Sciences2306-73812022-02-01928310.3390/vetsci9020083<i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical SystemAntonino Aliberti0Valeria Blanda1Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti2Giusi Macaluso3Paola Galluzzo4Cristina Bertasio5Carmela Sciacca6Francesca Arcuri7Rosalia D’Agostino8Dorotea Ippolito9Flavia Pruiti Ciarello10Alessandra Torina11Francesca Grippi12Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna, 25124 Brescia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, ItalyBovine leptospirosis is an infectious zoonotic disease causing reproductive problems and economic losses in livestock. This work reports, for the first time in Sicily (South Italy), an outbreak of <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona that occurred in cattle farms within the Nebrodi Park and was mainly characterized by full-term abortion. Blood and urine samples were collected at different time points from animals of six different farms (Farms A–F) sharing the same grazing area. Research of antibodies against pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> species in serum samples was carried out via Micro Agglutination Test (MAT). Urine samples were subjected to pathogen isolation and molecular analyses via TaqMan Real Time-PCR. Genotyping of <i>Leptospira</i> species was obtained by Multi-locus sequence typing. MAT detected antibodies against <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona in serum samples of all the farms. Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. DNA and culture isolation was obtained from urine samples. Genotyping confirmed the excretion of <i>L. interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona. This study describes clinical manifestations, diagnostic implications and epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak in cattle due to <i>L. interrogans</i> Pomona in a protected multi-host area, where domestic and wild animals share the same habitat, suggesting a role of wild species in transmission and persistence of Pomona serogroup among cattle.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/9/2/83<i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup PomonacattleoutbreakSicily |
spellingShingle | Antonino Aliberti Valeria Blanda Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti Giusi Macaluso Paola Galluzzo Cristina Bertasio Carmela Sciacca Francesca Arcuri Rosalia D’Agostino Dorotea Ippolito Flavia Pruiti Ciarello Alessandra Torina Francesca Grippi <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System Veterinary Sciences <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona cattle outbreak Sicily |
title | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System |
title_full | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System |
title_fullStr | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System |
title_full_unstemmed | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System |
title_short | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System |
title_sort | i leptospira interrogans i serogroup pomona in a dairy cattle farm in a multi host zootechnical system |
topic | <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> serogroup Pomona cattle outbreak Sicily |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/9/2/83 |
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