NATURAL EXPOSURE OF WISCONSIN DOGS TO THE LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHETE (BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI)
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 36 (3) , 288-290
Abstract
Lyme disease, a tick-borne disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, has been described recently in dogs. In a serological survey of specimens from March to September 1984, 53% of 380 dogs from two USDA licensed vendors in Wisconsin were positive for indirect immunofluorescent antibodies to B. burgdorferi at a serum dilution of 1:64 or greater. B. burgdorferi was cultured from the blood of 8/111 dogs. These findings suggest that exposure to this spirochete is common in endemic areas and that this zoonotic disease is of importance to veterinarians and researchers.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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