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Table 1 Specific antibodies against pathogen serovars of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto in 12 different snake species

From: Prevalence of antibodies against Leptospira sp. in snakes, lizards and turtles in Slovenia

Scientific name

(Common name/Origin)

N (tested)

N (positive)

Serovar

Titre rate 1:

Platyceps karelini 1

4

0

/

/

(Spotted Desert Racer/Pakistana)

Platyceps ventromaculatus 1

3

1

Tarassovi

100

(Hardwicke’s Rat Snake/Pakistana)

Spalerosophis atriceps 1

3

0

/

/

(Diadem Snake (Black-headed Royal Snake)/Pakistana)

Eryx johnii 1

3

3

Grippotyphosa

300

(Brown Sand Boa/Pakistana)

Tarassovi

100

Grippotyphosa

300

Tarassovi

100

Grippotyphosa

200

Pomona

100

Copenhageni

50

Elaphe guttata 1

2

0

/

/

(Corn Snake/ EU countriesa)

Two aquatic species1

2

0

/

/

(undetermined species/Pakistana)

Boa constrictor 1

1

0

/

/

(Boa Constrictor/EU countriesa)

Vipera ammodytes 1

1

1

Copenhageni

400

(Nose-horned Viper/Sloveniab)

Gongylophis conicus 1

1

1

Tarassovi

100

(Rough-tailed Sand Boa/Pakistana)

Spalerosophis diadema 1

1

0

/

/

(Diadem Snake/Pakistana)

Boiga trigonata 1

1

0

/

/

(Indian Gamma Snake/Pakistana)

    

Total

22

6 (prevalence 27.3%; 95 CI: 8.7–45.9%)

  1. aSnakes were imported from reptile farms.
  2. bOriginated from Slovenia–native species.
  3. 1All snakes are carnivores.