UDC 619: 618.3: 636.1
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202111007
Authors
Ksenia S. Medvedeva,
Tatiana I. Pashnik,
Yulia V. Petrova,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
Leptospirosis is one of the urgent problems of veterinary medicine and causes significant material damage to livestock, threatening human health and life. The paper presents the results of a study of the epizootic situation of the manifestation of leptospirosis among horses in the Omsk region for the period 2016-2020 and identifies unfavorable points for this disease. It was found that areas unfavorable for leptospirosis are mainly located in the forest-steppe zone of the Omsk region (Maryanovsky, Azovsky, Omsk, Moskalensky, Tyukalinsky, Is-ilkulsky, Lyubinsky, Kormilovsky) or on the border with the steppe zone (Tavrichesky and Azov). For the development of an epizootic of leptospirosis, there are pronounced prerequisites in the form of various reservoirs and free-living small mammals. The most intense epizootic situation is in the Maryanovsky district, where leptospirosis in horses is annually recorded.
Keywords
leptospirosis, horses, epizootology of infection, course of the disease, monitoring.
