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Pig Journal Volume: 54
Publication date: November 2004

Proceedings Section

REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE IN SOWS ASSOCIATED WITH LEPTOSPIRA MOZDOK FROM A WILDLIFE SOURCE
A.M. Barlow

Abstract
Leptospirosis is responsible for many reproductive problems worldwide, in a variety of species. L. mozdok has been implicated in sporadic bovine abortion and calf deaths in S.W. England. It has also been involved in reproductive losses in pigs in Denmark, Germany, Portugal and England. Rodents and insectivores act as reservoirs of infection. This paper records in detail reproductive failure seen on a 95-sow unit in Dorset. Results from this recorded case, as well as from a further case, also in Dorset, confirm that other leptospires, besides L. bratislava, may cause reproductive losses in pigs. Also, testing of wild rodents in both studies, underline their importance in the spread of this particular serovar.

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