Seroprevalence of Leptospira icterohemorhagia in the field rats and domestic animals

ABSTRACT

This work was done on 1433 serum sample[470 rats, 353 cows, 372, buffalos, 161 sheeps and 77 goats]collected from 3 different localities in Dakahlia Governorate, and examined for the seroprevalence of Leptospira icterohaemrhagia by the complement fixation test. The result of the study indicate that the leptospira icterohemorhagia is carried by[10.4%] of rats collected, which is highly significant compared to the carrier rate of cows [4.8%], buffalos [3.76%] sheep [2.48%] and goats [0.05]. There was no significant difference in the carrier rate in rats and domestic animals as regard the localities from which the animals collected