to verify if Leptospira Hardjo can colonize the male and female genital organs of sheep, 9 animals (6 non pregnant ewes and 3 mature rams) were infected with a strain of. L. hardjobovis recently recovered from the kidneys of a sieropositive ewe. Postinfection controls (bacteriologic, sierologic, immunoistochemistry and electron microscopy) failed to disclose the presence of leptospires in the uterus and oviductus, testicles, epididymis, prostate and bulbourethral glands of animals used for the experiment and slaughtered from 37 to 242 postinfection days. All animals showed a renal localization of L. Hardjobovis lasting for the entire period of the study (over 8 months). These results emphasize the important role of sheep as maintenance hosts of this serovar.
Leptospira interrogans in the genital tract of sheep. Research on ewes and rams experimentally infected with serovar Hardjo (hardjobovis).
RENZONI, Giacomo;
1996-01-01
Abstract
to verify if Leptospira Hardjo can colonize the male and female genital organs of sheep, 9 animals (6 non pregnant ewes and 3 mature rams) were infected with a strain of. L. hardjobovis recently recovered from the kidneys of a sieropositive ewe. Postinfection controls (bacteriologic, sierologic, immunoistochemistry and electron microscopy) failed to disclose the presence of leptospires in the uterus and oviductus, testicles, epididymis, prostate and bulbourethral glands of animals used for the experiment and slaughtered from 37 to 242 postinfection days. All animals showed a renal localization of L. Hardjobovis lasting for the entire period of the study (over 8 months). These results emphasize the important role of sheep as maintenance hosts of this serovar.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
