Research Article
Presence of Leishmania and Brucella Species in the Golden Jackal Canis aureus in Serbia
Table 1
Distribution of samples collected from jackals and prevalence of positivity, recorded by PCR means, based on month, year, region, and gender.
| | Samples collected (number) | Samples positive for Brucella canis (number/%) | Samples positive for Leishmania species (number/%) |
| Month | | | | Jan | 64 | 1 (1.6) | 6 (9.4) | Feb | 75 | 2 (2.7) | 4 (5.3) | Mar | 6 | 0 | 0 | Apr | 2 | 0 | 0 | May | 6 | 0 | 0 | Jun | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jul | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aug | 2 | 0 | 0 | Sept | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oct | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nov | 10 | 0 | 0 | Dec | 47 | 1 (2.1) | 5 (10.6) | Year | | | | 2010 | 24 | 1 (4.2) | 2 (8.3) | 2011 | 80 | 0 | 1 (1.3) | 2012 | 45 | 1 (2.2) | 2 (4.4) | 2013 | 67 | 2 (3.0) | 10 (14.9) | Region | | | | Bela Palanka | 4 | 0 | 0 | Ćovdin | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kraljevo | 3 | 0 | 0 | Smederevo | 49 | 0 | 6 (12.2) | Smederevska Palanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | Srbovo | 4 | 0 | 0 | Surčin | 24 | 0 | 2 (8.3) | Svilajnac | 44 | 1 (2.3) | 4 (9.1) | Titel | 5 | 0 | 0 | Velika Plana | 25 | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | Veliko Gradište | 54 | 2 (3.7) | 2 (3.7) | Zaječar | 2 | 0 | 0 | Gender | | | | Male | 108 | 1 (0.9) | 11 (10.2) | Female | 108 | 3 (2.8) | 4 (3.7) |
| Total | 216 | 4 (1.9) | 15 (6.9) |
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