Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in Free-living and Captive Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) and Free-living Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) in Brazil.
Daniela N NossaYhuri C NóbregaIgor C L AcostaMarcelo Renan D SantosPaulo Q MenezesMarcos B HeinemannAntônio Francisco Souza FilhoAna Carolina Srbek-AraujoPublished in: Journal of wildlife diseases (2024)
We evaluated antibodies against Leptospira spp. in both free-living and captive Caiman latirostris from Atlantic Forest, and free-living Caiman yacare from Pantanal, Brazil, by using a microscopic agglutination test. Overall seropositivity was 17%, with rates of 36% in captive C. latirostris (n=4/11) and 18% in free-living C. yacare (n=4/22).
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