Alternative strategies for the control of leptospirosis in dairy herds

Authors: Mackintosh CM, Blackmore DK, Marshall RB
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 29, Issue 1-2, pp 19-20, Jan 1981
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Human, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Biosecurity, Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Disease control/eradication, Epidemiology, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Public health
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Human leptospirosis is still a major problem in New Zealand and more than 400 human cases are usually notified each year and the majority of such cases are dairy farmers. Approximately two thirds of these cases are associated with serovar hardjo and one third with serovar pomona. It is well established that cattle are the maintenance hosts for hardjo and although pigs are the maintenance hosts for pomona this serovar frequently causes sporadic outbreaks of disease in cattle and is a common cause of bovine abortion and calf mortaIity. To reduce the risk of dairy farmers contracting leptospirosis, three theoretical methods of approach can be considered;…

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