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Black rat

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


Country names
United States
Other location data
Puna, Hawai'i
Year
1959


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


Number of animals with id isolates
114
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Minette HP, 1964. Leptospirosis in rodents and mongoose on the island of Hawaii. Am J Trop Med Hyg 13: 826-832.