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)