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dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Nola*
dc.contributor.authorMee, John F*
dc.contributor.authorSnijders, Sylvia M. E.*
dc.contributor.authorMackie, Dermot*
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-03T12:51:52Z
dc.date.available2012-12-03T12:51:52Z
dc.date.issued2004-04-01
dc.identifier.citationNola Leonard, John F. Mee, Sylvia Snijders and Dermot Mackie. Prevalence of antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjoin bulk tank milk from unvaccinated Irish dairy herds. Irish Veterinary Journal. 2004 Apr 01;57(4):226-231. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-0481-57-4-226en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/270
dc.descriptionpeer-reviewed
dc.description.abstractBulk tank milk samples, collected from 347 herds throughout the Republic of Ireland using a sampling frame based on seven milk-recording organisations, were tested by ELISA for antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo. These herds, which had not been vaccinated against leptospirosis within the previous five years, were categorised according to their province, milk-recording organisation and size. Two-hundred-and-seventy-three herds (79%) had a positive ELISA titre. Both the probability of a herd being seropositive and the antibody level in the herd milk sample were affected by the province (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively) and the herd size category (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). Larger herds were significantly more likely to have positive reactions and higher mean concentrations of antibody. It was concluded that a high proportion of unvaccinated Irish dairy herds have been exposed to infection with Leptospira hardjo.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBiomed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Veterinary Journal
dc.subjectLeptospira interrogans serovar hardjo
dc.titlePrevalence of antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo in bulk tank milk from unvaccinated irish dairy herdsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-0481-57-4-226
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