Aglutininas anti-leptospira y anti-brucella en liebres (Lepus europaeus) del departamento de Río Cuarto, provincia de Córdoba / [Anti-leptospira and anti-brucella agglutinins in hares (Lepus europaeus) from Rio Cuarto Department, Province of Cordoba]

Seventy-seven anti-brucella and 42 anti-leptospira agglutinin serum levels of hares in Rio Cuarto district of Córdoba Province were studied. For brucella, only one sample showed incomplete reaction at a 1:25 dilution. The isolation of brucella from liver, spleen and gastro-hepatic lymph node in this animal was negative. In the 42 serum samples examined for L. pomona, L. wolffi, L. ballum, L. hardjo, L. pyrogenes and L. grippotiphosa, 6 reacted at a dilution of 1:100 with L. ballum serovar and 1 reacted up to 1:200 dilution with L. wolffi serovar. These results indicate that the hare does not play any important role as reservoir of pathogenic brucella in this area. Meanwhile, it could act as potential reservoir for pathogenic leptospira.