Spotlight on Infections of Leptospira in Livestock
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 3486
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious disease; zoonosis;cattle; dog
Interests: Leptospira; Mycobacterium bovis; genotyping
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Leptospirosis is a disease that causes damage to animal and human health and is related to the environmental conditions where the maintenance and accidental hosts live. In production animals, it is one of the main diseases of reproduction and is associated with embryonic resorption, repeated estrus, abortions, stillbirths or weak animals. Sometimes it can occur in the form of outbreaks, with more than 75% of abortions in the batch, which causes great losses to the producer. The knowledge of molecular diversity, pathogenesis, dynamics of infection, epidemiology, diagnosis, serovars and serogroups that infect production animals, their immune response to infection and vaccination, as well as treatment, prevention, sanitary and environmental management are essential for the control of this disease in herds. This Special Issue addresses the need to strengthen the flow and exchange of information within this field through the publication of a selection of research articles from leading researchers. It is hoped that this Special Issue will further stimulate collaboration between scientists engaged in all aspects of this field of research.
Prof. Dr. Adriana Cortez
Dr. Marcos Bryan Heinemann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Leptospira
- leptospirosis
- bovine
- equine
- ovine
- small ruminants
- caprine
- suine
- abortion
- reprodutive diseases
- stillbirth
- neonatal mortality
- pregnancy
- serology
- PCR
- qPCR
- MAT
- pathogenesis
- virulence
- genotyping
- vaccine
- immune response
- epidemiology
- infectious disease reservoirs
- disease ecology
- risk factors
