A field-study on Leptospira seroprevalence in dairy cows in four geographical areas in Sweden

摘要

BackgroundDairy cattle were used as sentinels for the presence of Leptospira infection in Swedish livestock in four regions contrasting in precipitation and temperature during the summer time. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of five serovars of Leptospira of low pathogenicity in dairy cattle in these four regions.