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Article

Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System

by
Antonino Aliberti
1,†,
Valeria Blanda
1,*,†,
Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti
1,
Giusi Macaluso
1,*,
Paola Galluzzo
1,
Cristina Bertasio
2,
Carmela Sciacca
1,
Francesca Arcuri
1,
Rosalia D’Agostino
1,
Dorotea Ippolito
1,
Flavia Pruiti Ciarello
1,
Alessandra Torina
1 and
Francesca Grippi
1
1
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, Italy
2
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna, 25124 Brescia, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(2), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020083
Submission received: 27 December 2021 / Revised: 8 February 2022 / Accepted: 10 February 2022 / Published: 16 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leptospiral Infections in Animals)
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Abstract

Bovine leptospirosis is an infectious zoonotic disease causing reproductive problems and economic losses in livestock. This work reports, for the first time in Sicily (South Italy), an outbreak of Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona that occurred in cattle farms within the Nebrodi Park and was mainly characterized by full-term abortion. Blood and urine samples were collected at different time points from animals of six different farms (Farms A–F) sharing the same grazing area. Research of antibodies against pathogenic Leptospira species in serum samples was carried out via Micro Agglutination Test (MAT). Urine samples were subjected to pathogen isolation and molecular analyses via TaqMan Real Time-PCR. Genotyping of Leptospira species was obtained by Multi-locus sequence typing. MAT detected antibodies against Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona in serum samples of all the farms. Pathogenic Leptospira spp. DNA and culture isolation was obtained from urine samples. Genotyping confirmed the excretion of L. interrogans serogroup Pomona. This study describes clinical manifestations, diagnostic implications and epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak in cattle due to L. interrogans Pomona in a protected multi-host area, where domestic and wild animals share the same habitat, suggesting a role of wild species in transmission and persistence of Pomona serogroup among cattle.
Keywords: Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona; cattle; outbreak; Sicily Leptospira interrogans serogroup Pomona; cattle; outbreak; Sicily

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Aliberti, A.; Blanda, V.; Di Marco Lo Presti, V.; Macaluso, G.; Galluzzo, P.; Bertasio, C.; Sciacca, C.; Arcuri, F.; D’Agostino, R.; Ippolito, D.; et al. Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System. Vet. Sci. 2022, 9, 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020083

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Aliberti A, Blanda V, Di Marco Lo Presti V, Macaluso G, Galluzzo P, Bertasio C, Sciacca C, Arcuri F, D’Agostino R, Ippolito D, et al. Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System. Veterinary Sciences. 2022; 9(2):83. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020083

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Aliberti, Antonino, Valeria Blanda, Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti, Giusi Macaluso, Paola Galluzzo, Cristina Bertasio, Carmela Sciacca, Francesca Arcuri, Rosalia D’Agostino, Dorotea Ippolito, and et al. 2022. "Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System" Veterinary Sciences 9, no. 2: 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020083

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Aliberti, A., Blanda, V., Di Marco Lo Presti, V., Macaluso, G., Galluzzo, P., Bertasio, C., Sciacca, C., Arcuri, F., D’Agostino, R., Ippolito, D., Pruiti Ciarello, F., Torina, A., & Grippi, F. (2022). Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Pomona in a Dairy Cattle Farm in a Multi-Host Zootechnical System. Veterinary Sciences, 9(2), 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020083

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