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      Leptospiral abortion and leptospiruria in horses from the same farm.

      Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
      Abortion, Veterinary, microbiology, Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial, blood, Bacteriuria, veterinary, Female, Horse Diseases, Horses, Leptospira interrogans, immunology, isolation & purification, Leptospirosis, Pregnancy

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          Leptospirosis was documented as the cause of abortion in a 5-year-old mare. Leptospires were detected in tissue specimens from fetal kidneys and from placenta by histologic evaluation of silver-stained sections. Antibodies against Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona were detected in fetal serum at a titer of 1,600 by use of a microscopic agglutination test. The mare had serum titers of 6,400; 0; 400; 800; 3,200; and 6,400 to L interrogans serovars bratislava, canicola, grippotyphosa, hardjo, icterohaemorrhagiae, and pomona, respectively. A serologic survey identified titers of at least 6,400 against serovars bratislava and pomona in 5 other horses on the farm. Titers of at least 100 against serovar bratislava were detected in 53% of the horses on the farm. Leptospires were detected by direct fluorescent-antibody testing in urine samples from the mare that aborted and from 2 of the other 5 horses.

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