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Brush tailed possum

Animal common names
Brush tailed possum
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Trichosurus vulpecula
Serovar
Balcanica
Serogroup
Sejroe
Presumptive species
L.borgpeterseni


Country names
New Zealand
Other location data
Palmerston North, Awahanga, Dannevirke and South Wairarapa
Year
Not stated


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


Number of animals with id isolates
8
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Hathaway SC, Blackmore DK, Marshall RB, 1978. The serologic and cultural prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovar Balanica in possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in New Zealand. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14: 345-350.