ISOLATION OF LEPTOSPIRES FROM BOVINE URINE AT MIDDLE PROVINCES IN IRAQ
- Unit of Zoonoses. College of Vet. Medicine University of Baghdad, Iraq.
- Dep. Of Vet.. Int. and Prev. Med, College of Vet. Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
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The present study was designed to investigate of Leptospirosis in cattle in middle of Iraq and isolate the Leptospires. One hundred and fifty urine samples were randomly collected from cattle at a slaughtering in the state of Karbala, Najaf and Babylon in Iraq. Direct examination using dark field microscopy (DFM) was carried out immediately after collection. Then samples were cultured in modified EMJH medium, and the culture identifying by staining, biochemical tests (catalase and oxidase) and examination by DFM . Results show eight samples were positive in DFM (5.3%) and thirteen samples positive by culturing (8.6%). Cattle can represent an increasing risk for severe leptospirosis in large populations, mainly living in rural areas.
[Nabeel Mohammed Hassan Al-Maaly and Abdul Manaf Judi (2015); ISOLATION OF LEPTOSPIRES FROM BOVINE URINE AT MIDDLE PROVINCES IN IRAQ Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Jul). 420-423] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
