Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo seroprevalence and farming practices on small-scale dairy farms in North Eastern India; Insights gained from a cross-sectional study

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Indiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorIndian Council of Agricultural Researchen
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierRam Pratim Deka: 0000-0002-8120-224X
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/dairy2020020en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2624-862Xen
cg.issue2en
cg.journalDairyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.speciesLeptospira interrogans serovar Hardjoen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume2en
dc.contributor.authorLeahy, E.en
dc.contributor.authorShome, R.en
dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ram Pratimen
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorSahay, S.en
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T09:34:19Zen
dc.date.available2021-05-12T09:34:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113700
dc.titleLeptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo seroprevalence and farming practices on small-scale dairy farms in North Eastern India; Insights gained from a cross-sectional studyen
dcterms.abstractLeptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of major public health concern in India. Bovines play an important role in maintaining and transmitting this disease and proximity between dairy cows and humans makes the dairy cow-human nexus a transmission route of public health interest, yet one currently under-examined in North Eastern India. We report a cross-sectional survey carried out on small-scale dairy farms in the states of Assam and Bihar in North Eastern India investigating seroprevalence for Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo, the most common pathogenic serovar reported in cattle worldwide. Higher seroprevalence was reported on dairy farms in Bihar 4.5% (95% CI 2.6–7.5%) than in Assam 1.2% (95% CI 0.42–3.6%), but overall seroprevalence levels were low. The study is the first indication of leptospirosis circulating in small-scale dairy farms in these states. To correlate farming practices with zoonotic risk, we combined results from a dairy farmer questionnaire with cow seroprevalence. However, low seroprevalence levels found in this study made the identification of risk factors difficult. Nevertheless, poor farming practices around hygiene and biosecurity on dairy farms have been highlighted. Implementing simple measures could mitigate environmental contamination, and therefore, reduce the risk of Leptospira interrogans, and other zoonoses transmission, at the animal-environment-human interface.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.available2021-05-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLeahy, E., Shome, R., Deka, R.P., Grace, D., Sahay, S. and Lindahl, J.F. 2021. Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo seroprevalence and farming practices on small-scale dairy farms in North Eastern India; Insights gained from a cross-sectional study. Dairy 2(2): 231-241.en
dcterms.extent231-241en
dcterms.issued2021-05-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectdairyingen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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