[Diagnostic serology of swine leptospirosis in Mexico 1995-2000]. / Serología diagnóstica de leptospirosis porcina en México 1995-2000

Results obtained from sample testing of 1970 swines from a number of Mexican farms were analyzed. Such samples had been received in the Leptospira Lab of Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana de Xochimilco from 1995 to 2000. Sera with titers equal to or higher than 1:1000 were considered positive; 39,8% of the animals were seropositive (784) and the most frequent serovarieties were bratislava, 22.5%; icterohaemorrhagiae strain Palo Alto, 14,5%; portland vere strain Sinaloa ACR, 13,8%; icterohaemorrhagiae, 11,1%; grippotyphosa, 8,9%; hardjo strain H89,7.2%; tarassovi,7.1%; panama, 5.8%, pomona and hardjo, 5.1%; wolffi, 3%; shermani, 2.4%; pyrogenes, 1.2%; canicola, 0.8%; hebdomadis, 0,5%. The bratislava serovariety has been reported as the cause of reproductive failure in several countries and it holds the first place in serological studies. Therefore, the present paper provides information for stating that this is one of the most significant serovarieties in Mexico.

[Serological study of bovine leptospirosis in Mexico]. / Estudio serológico de leptospirosis bovina en México.

The results of 4 043 bovine sera samples from various Mexican regions, which were sent to a diagnosis lab, were analyzed. The method was the agglutination technique, taking the dilution rate 1:1000 or higher as positive. The analysis revealed 31,1% of seroprevalence and the most frequent serovarietes were hardjo (strain H 89 isolated in Mexico), wolffi and tarassovi. There is coincidence with early data obtained in Mexico on a 34% of prevalence found in a similar study performed in 1994, and with the scientific literature from other countries. The former study also indicated that tarassovi and wolffi were the most common leptospira, so there is coincidence with the figures in the reviewed literature. It was concluded that there was no significant variation in the prevalence rate between the 1994 study and the present one; therefore, it is recommended that this study be promoted so as to increase the bovine vaccination and achieve a reduction in leptospirosis in Mexico.

Frecuencia de Leptospira interrogans en unidades de producción porcina del altiplano de México / Survey of L. interrogans in pig farms of the high plateau of Mexico

Con el fin de conocer cuáles son las serovariedades más frecuentes del leptospira en explotaciones porcinas tecnificadas y de traspatio de la zona del altiplano de México, se hizo un muestreo serológico de hembras de cuatro o más partos de 17 granjas tecnificadas (114 cerdas) y de 12 explotaciones de traspatio (50 cerdas). Se emplearon 12 antígenos de L. interrogans en la técnica de algutinación microscópica y se consideraron positivos los sueros a partir de la dilución de 1:100. La serovariedad bratislava se encontró en 28 por ciento de las hembras de granjas tecnificadas y explotaciones de traspatio, y panama en 24.5 por ciento y 34 por ciento de las cerdas, respectivamente, y en menor proporción el resto de las serovariedades. De 8 serovariedades detectadas, 7 (87.5 por ciento) se encontraron en granjas tecnificadas y soló 3 (37.5 por ciento) en animales de traspatio; quizá esto fue debido a la mayor densidad poblacional. Probablemente la presencia de bratislava se debe a la importancia de animales. Cuando se compararon estos resultados con los obtenidos de estudios anteriores, se concluyó que en los últimos años bratislava y panama se han convertido en las más frecuentes y es recomendable que se incluyan como antígenos en las vacunas para prevenir adecuadamente la laptospirosis en los cerdos