Cross-sectional survey for sheep leptospirosis in the northeast region of Brazil

Occurrence of IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, and Leptospira spp. in goats and sheep from an indigenous village in Pernambuco, Brazil

“…However, the frequency of serovars detected in each animal species is significantly related to the reservoirs involved in the transmission chain in each region studied ( Ellis, 2015 ), therefore, serovars may vary between areas. In Northeast of Brazil (Ceará, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe), the serovar Autumnalis is the most frequent in sheep ( Silva et al, 2021 ). Additionally, worldwide investigations have detected serovars Pomona, Australis, and Tarassovi in goat species, while Australis, Tarassovi, Bratislava Grippothyphosa, and Hebdomadis were detected in sheep species ( Guzman-Barragan et al, 2022 ; Hajikolaei et al, 2022 ).…”