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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus mindanensis
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Taiwan, Province of China
Other location data
Orchid Island
Year
1968


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


Number of animals with id isolates
5
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Tsai CC, Raulston GL, Fresh JW, 1973. A team approach to a disease survey on an aboriginal island (Orchid Island, Taiwan). II. Leptospirosis in man and animals on Lan Yu. Chin J Microbiol 6: 173-177.