Accessibility Skip to Global Navigation Skip to Local Navigation Skip to Content Skip to Search Skip to Site Map Menu

Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Arborea
Serogroup
Ballum
Presumptive species
L.borgpeterseni


Country names
Portugal
Other location data
Azores
Year
1993-1995


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Monoclonal antibodies, Micro-agglutination testing on isolate


Number of animals with id isolates
7
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

^ Top of page

Citation

Collares-Pereira M, Korver H, Terpstra WJ, Santos-Reis M, Ramalhinho MG, Mathis ML, Oom MM, Fons R, Libois R, Petrucci-Fonseca F, 1997. First epidemiological data on pathogenic leptospires isolated on the Azorean islands. European Journal of Epidemiology 13: 435-441.