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Common opossum

Animal common names
Common opossum
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Didelphis marsupialis
Serovar
Szwajizak
Serogroup
Mini
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Brazil
Other location data
Sao Paulo state: Casa Grande, Cotia, Itapetininga, Guaratuba, Bertioga, and Juquia e Cajurus
Year
1962-1969


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


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

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Citation

Santa Rosa CA, Sulzer CR, Giorgi W, da Silva AS, Yanaguita RM, Lobao AO, 1975. Leptospirosis in wildlife in Brazil: isolation of a new serotype in the Pyrogenes group. Am J Vet Res 36: 1363-5.