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Giant white-tailed rat

Animal common names
Giant white-tailed rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Uromys caudimaculatus
Serovar
Robinsoni
Serogroup
Pyrogenes
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Australia
Other location data
North Queensland
Year
1953-1961


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


Number of animals with id isolates
1
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Emanuel ML, Mackerras IM, Smith DJW, 1964. The epidemiology of leptospirosis in North Queensland. I. General survey of animal hosts. J Hyg 62: 451-484.