Leptospiral antibodies in wild living animals from North Tyrol
Sebek, Z.; Kaaserer, G.; Sixl, W.; Wallner, H.; Valová, M.
Folia Parasitologica 23(1): 25-31
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5683 PMID: 780229 Document Number: 98367
Wild living mammals (623 individuals, 22 spp.) from North Tyrol [Austria] were examined serologically for the incidence of leptospirosis. Positive reactions (microagglutination-lysis) in the titer 1:100 and more were found in 4.5% of the animals examined; the serotypes concerned were Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae, L. sorex-jalna, L. castellonis or L. arboreae, L. grippotyphosa, L. bratislava, L. pomona, L. sejroe, L. saxkoebing. Positive reactions were obtained with the sera of Sorex araneus, Erinaceus europaeus, Putorius putorius, Vulpes vulpes, Cervus elaphus, Capreolus capreolus, Rupicapra rupicapra, Apodemus sp., Clethrionomys glareolus. The serotypes forming natural foci of leptospirosis in North Tyrol are L. sorex-jalna, L. grippotyphosa, L. bratislava, L. saxkoebing and, apparently, L. jalna. Synanthropic foci are formed by L. icterohaemorrhagiae or L. copenhageni and L. sejroe.