Prevalence and dynamics of the etiological structure of leptospirosis in cattle in Ukraine

Abstract

The data present the prevalence of leptospirosis in cattle on the territory of Ukraine over the last eight years (2005-2012) and the dynamics of changes of the etiological structure of the agent. Territorial diffusion of leptospirosis outbreak has also been studied. The outbreaks’ density map was completed based on these data, depending on the number of cases in cattle. All areas of the country were divided into risk of infection four zones: low, medium, high and extra high risk.

Keywords

• Leptospira
• Leptospirosis in cattle
• epizootology
• etiological structure
• micro-agglutination test