Antibody determination of leptospira spp. in small non flying mammals, in a forest sector at the mountain of Jaime Duque's Zoo

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a disease that affects both animals and humans; produces economic losses, and the human produce inespecific signs of bleeding to kidney damage. This study investigated the presence of antibodies of serovars L. gryppotiphosa, L. icterohaemorragiae L. pomona, L. bratislava, L. canicola and L. hardjo, in wild animals captured through type Sherman and Tomahawk traps over 8 months, covering an area of 107,800 m2, using the methodology of lineal fixed transects and the use of food as bait attractive to these species. The 23 individuals caught of 7 different spe-cies were sampled for obtaining serum and carry out laboratory testing using the technique of Microaglutination Test (MAT). Of the 23 individuals captured, we found evidence of the presence of Leptospira in 16 of them. In terms of punctual prevalence, this is equivalent to 69,56% (16/23). All serovars showed positive for the majority of the target population: to serovar L. hardjo 2 were positive, to L. pomona 4, to L. Icterohaemorragiae 12, to L. bratislava 3, to L. canicola 5, and to L. grippotyphosa 1, finding a prevalence for serological serovar L. icterohaemorragiae. (44,44%).