EPIZOOTIC MONITORING LEPTOSPIROSIS ANIMALS IN RIVNE REGION AND IT''S PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Leptospirosis - an acute infectious disease, zoonosis caused by different types of leptospira, accompanied by fever, symptoms of intoxication, jaundice, often - hemorrhagic syndrome, renal, liver, blood capillaries and nervous system. The disease belongs to the genus Leptospira, family Spirochaetaceae. There pathogenic leptospira (Leptospira interrogans) and saprophytic (Leptospira biflera). Thus, according to studies in Ukraine iktero most common form of hemorrhagic leptospirosis (60 %), where there is the highest percentage of mortality. The article contains a description of the causative agent, analyzed the results of studies of blood serum PMA Rivne Regional State Veterinary Laboratory etiological structure of leptospirosis animals in 2010 - 2014. Knowledge of the etiological structure of leptospirosis, ie the list of leptospira serovars and serogroups affecting a particular species of animals in each region necessary for the successful prevention and serodiagnosis of leptospirosis. The study of etiological structure conduct and identification of leptospira and detection of specific antibodies in serum.