- Animal common names
- Nutria
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Myocastor coypus
- Serovar
- Icterohaemorrhagiae
- Serogroup
- Icterohaemorrhagiae
- Species
- L.interrogans
- Presumptive species
- L.interrogans
- Country names
- United Kingdom
- Other location data
- East Anglia, England
- Year
- Not stated
- Specimen type
- Kidney, Urine
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- Bacterial restriction-endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA), Micro-agglutination testing on isolate
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 1
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Died due to leptospirosis
Citation
Wanyangu SW, Waitkins SA, Palmer MF, 1986. Isolation of leptospires from a one week dead coypu (Myocastor coypus molina). Int J Zoonoses 13: 236-240.
