Table 1. Leptospira serovars and their antibody titer found in bear rescue centers located in Agra and Bannerghatta.
| Leptospira serovars whose agglutinins are present in sloth bear sera samples | Sloth bears seropositive by MAT in Agra sloth bear rescue center |
Sloth bears seropositive by MAT in Bannerghatta sloth bear rescue center |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total positivea | 1 in 100 | 1 in 200 | 1 in 400 | 1 in 800 | Total positiveb | 1 in 100 | 1 in 200 | 1 in 400 | 1 in 800 | |
| Pyrogenes | 64 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Icterohaemorrhagiae | 56 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Javanica | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grippotyphosa | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Canicola | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarassovi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a) Cumulative figure of sera positive for various serovars (179) exceed 79 (total Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) positive sera in Agra bear rescue center) as several sera (n=55) reacted with multiple leptospiral serovars. b) Cumulative figure of sera positive for various serovars (9) exceed 8 (total MAT positive sera in Bannerghatta bear rescue center) as one sera (n=1) reacted with multiple leptospiral serovars.