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Norwegian rat

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


Country names
French Guiana
Year
Not stated


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


Number of animals with id isolates
32
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Healthy/Asymptomatic

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Citation

Duchassin M, Lataste-Dorolle C, Silverie CR, 1965. Incidence of infection caused by L. icterohaemorrhagiae in rats in Cayenne. Some epidemiologic aspects of leptospirosis in French Guiana. Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de ses Filiales 58: 170-6.