- Animal common names
- Black rat
- Family
- Mammalia
- Animal genus and species
- Rattus rattus
- Serovar
- Ballum
- Serogroup
- Ballum
- Presumptive species
- L.borgpeterseni
- Country names
- New Zealand
- Other location data
- Lower North Island
- Year
- Not stated
- Specimen type
- Kidney
- Detection method
- Culture
- Determining method
- Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT), Micro-agglutination testing on isolate
- Number of animals with id isolates
- 1
- Animal age class
- Not stated
- Animal health
- Not stated
Citation
Hathaway SC, Blackmore DK, 1981. Ecological aspects of the epidemiology of infection with leptospires of the Ballum serogroup in the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in New Zealand. J Hyg 87: 427-36.
