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DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF EQUINE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CROATIA

Zoran Milas ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nenad Turk ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zrinka Štritof Majetić ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josipa Habuš ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vesna Mojčec Perko ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ljubo Barbić ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vladimir Stevanović ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Matko Perharić ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vilim Starešina ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Leptospirosis is an acute, septicemic, infectious disease of domestic and wild animals and humans. It is a world spread anthropozoonosis which persists in natural foci and is very important public health problem. In Croatia, leptospirosis has been investigated for more than 60 years. Due to importance of leptospirosis in veterinary and public health, control of disease is regulated by the law. Laboratory for leptospires, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, is referent laboratory for diagnostics of leptospirosis since 2007. Since equides are important reservoir and source of leptospirosis in enzootic areas, the aim of this article is to point out specifi cities of epizootiology, diagnostics and control measures of this disease in equides.

Ključne riječi

leptospirosis; equides; diagnosis; control

Hrčak ID:

231844

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231844

Datum izdavanja:

7.10.2013.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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