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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
Barbados
Year
1986-1987 & 1994-1995


Specimen type
Blood, Kidney, Urine
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Monoclonal antibodies


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

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Citation

Levett PN, Walton D, Waterman LD, Whittington CU, Mathison GE, Edwards COR, 1998. Surveillance of leptospiral carriage by feral rats in Barbados. West Indian Med J 47: 15-17.