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The wild boar (<jats:italic>Sus scrofa<\/jats:italic>), an important hunting species in Europe, seems to play a significant role in the epidemiological cycle of leptospirosis. A total of 101 serum samples from wild boar hunted in Northern Portugal were analysed for leptospiral antibodies detection by microscopic agglutination test. Sera were collected during hunting seasons (2011\u20132013) and tested with 17 different pathogenic serovars of <jats:italic>Leptospira<\/jats:italic>. Antibodies against nine serovars were detected in 66 (65\u00b74%) of these sera. Serovars Tarassovi and Altodouro exhibited the highest seroreactivity rates (23\u00b78% and 16\u00b78%, respectively), followed by Autumnalis (7\u00b79%) and Bratislava (6\u00b79%). Age and district of origin were found to be risk factors for the presence of leptospiral antibodies in contrast to gender. 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