Projeto Caiman, Instituto Marcos Daniel, Rua Eugênio Pacheco de Queiroz, s/n, Jardim Camburi-Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29055-290, Brazil.
Centro Universitário FAESA, Av. Vitória, n 2220, Monte Belo-Vitória, Espírito Santo, 29053-360, Brazil.
J Wildl Dis. 2024 Jul 1;60(3):795-798. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00185.
We evaluated antibodies against Leptospira spp. in both free-living and captive Caiman latirostris from Atlantic Forest, and free-living Caiman yacare from Pantanal, Brazil, by using a microscopic agglutination test. Overall seropositivity was 17%, with rates of 36% in captive C. latirostris (n=4/11) and 18% in free-living C. yacare (n=4/22).
我们使用显微镜凝集试验评估了来自巴西大西洋森林的自由生活和圈养的宽吻凯门鳄以及潘塔纳尔的自由生活的黑凯门鳄对钩端螺旋体属的抗体。总血清阳性率为 17%,圈养的宽吻凯门鳄为 36%(n=4/11),自由生活的黑凯门鳄为 18%(n=4/22)。