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Raccoon

Animal common names
Raccoon
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Procyon lotor
Serovar
Grippotyphosa
Serogroup
Grippotyphosa
Species
L.kirschneri
Presumptive species
L.kirschneri


Country names
United States
Year
1991-2008


Specimen type
Kidney, Other tissue, Urine
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Single gene primers, Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Ames, Iowa", Sent to "National Leptospirosis Reference Center
Gene
LG1, 16S


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

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Citation

Timoney JF, Kalimuthusamy N, Velineni S, Donahue JM, Artiushin SC, Fettinger M, 2011. A unique genotype of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona type Kennewicki is associated with equine abortion. Veterinary Microbiology 150: 349-353.