Serological investigation and epidemiological analysis of Bovine Leptospirosis in Egypt

Bovine leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution. Little information is available regarding the occurrence of the disease in the Nile Delta provinces, Egypt. The present study investigated the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among cattle from Dakahlia province, Northern...

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Published in:Tropical medicine and infectious disease 2022-08, Vol.7 (9), p.1-12
Main Authors: Ibrahim, Nermin Awade, Alrashdi, Barakat M, Elnaker, Yasser Fathi, Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb, Alblihed, Mohamed A, Daib, Mohamed Said, Abd Elmoety, Amany M, Abo Elfadl, Eman A, Badawy, Basma M, Elbaz, Elzahara
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Analysis
Animals
Antibodies
Asymptomatic
bovine
Cattle
Control
Diseases
Egypt
epidemiology
Leptospirosis
Milk production
Pathogens
Prevention
Risk factors
Sample size
Serology
Serum
Veterinary medicine
Zoonoses
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Summary:Bovine leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution. Little information is available regarding the occurrence of the disease in the Nile Delta provinces, Egypt. The present study investigated the seroprevalence of leptospirosis among cattle from Dakahlia province, Northern Egypt, and identified the individual variables factors associated with infection. To this end, a total of 600 serum samples from cattle of small stakeholders with various clinical manifestations possibly associated with leptospirosis were collected from different localities across Dakahlia province, Egypt. Sera were examined serologically via ELISA to investigate the occurrence of the disease among animals. Chi-square test and multivariable logistic regression analyses were applied to determine the association between hypothesized risk factors and the disease. Interestingly, our findings showed that 39.33% of the examined sera were positive for Leptospira antibodies, with significant differences among different localities. In addition, statistical analysis showed significant differences among age groups. Notably, the highest prevalence rate (22%) was observed in those aged between 3 and 5 years (p < 0.0001), whereas the lowest prevalence (2.66%) was reported in cattle
ISSN:2414-6366
2414-6366
DOI:10.3390/tropicalmed7090208