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Domestic pig

Animal common names
Domestic pig
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Sus scrofa domesticus
Species
L.kirschneri
Presumptive species
L.kirschneri


Country names
Portugal
Year
2011


Specimen type
Other tissue
Detection method
Culture, PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Single gene primers
Gene
Beta actin gene, Lipl32, ompL1, secY


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal age class
Fetus/ Stillbirth
Animal health
Aborted/Stillborn

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Citation

Ferreira AS, Costa P, Rocha T, Amaro A, Vieira ML, Ahmed A, Thompson G, Hartskeerl RA, Inacio J, 2014. Direct detection and differentiation of pathogenic Leptospira species using a multi-gene targeted real time PCR approach. PLoS ONE 9: e112312.