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Table 3.

Specific antibodies against pathogen serovars of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto in 8 different turtle species

Scientific name (Common name/Origin)	N (tested)	N (positive)	Serovar	Titre rate 1:
Geochelone elegans¹	19	0	/	/
(Indian Star Tortoise/Slovenia^a)	19	0	/	/
Testudo graeca¹	18	1	Grippotyphosa	1000
(Spur-thighed Tortoise/Lebanon^b)	18	1	Pomona	300
Lissemys punctata²	9	0	/	/
(Indian Flap-shelled Turtle/Pakistan^b)	9	0	/	/
Testudo hermanni¹	9	4	Grippotyphosa	400
(Hermann’s Tortoise/Slovenia^a)			Grippotyphosa	200
			Grippotyphosa	200
			Grippotyphosa	50
Emys orbicularis²	3	3	Tarassovi	800
(European Pond Turtle/Slovenia^a)			Copenhageni	50
			Tarassovi	100
			Copenhageni	50
			Tarassovi	1600
			Grippotyphosa	200
			Canicola	200
Geochelone radiata¹	3	0	/	/
(Marginated Tortoise/Slovenia^a)	3	0	/	/
Testudo horsfieldi¹	3	0	/	/
(Horsfield’s Tortoise /Slovenia^a)	3	0	/	/
Trachemys scripta elegans²	1	1	Tarassovi	200
(Red-eared Slider/Slovenia^a)	1	1	Tarassovi	200
Total	65	9 (prevalence 13.8%; 95% CI: 5.4–22.3%)

^aOriginated from Slovenia–species from breeding farms–F1 and F2 generation.

^bTurtles were imported from reptile farms.

¹Herbivores, ²Omnivores.