Serological prevalence of Leptospira serovars among pigs in Ukraine during the period of 2001-2019
Journal: Veterinární Medicína
Year: 2021

Leptospirosis is a widespread infection among pigs throughout the world. In most cases in Ukraine, only the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is used for the diagnosis of leptospirosis in animals. In general, during the period of 2001-2019, 2 381 163 samples of blood sera from swine were tested in our country and 85 338 positive reactions were received, which is 3.58% [binomial confidence intervals (BCI), 3.56-3.61%]. It was established that the serovars <i>copenhageni</i> - 33.91% (BCI, 33.5