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Common opossum

Animal common names
Common opossum
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Didelphis marsupialis
Serovar
Ballum
Serogroup
Ballum
Presumptive species
L.borgpeterseni


Country names
United States
Other location data
Iowa
Year
1964-1965


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
GA, Sent to Centers for Disease Control


Number of animals with id isolates
3
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Diesch SL, McCulloch WF, Braun JL, Davis JR, 1970. Detection and ecology of leptospirosis in Iowa wildlife. J Wildl Dis 6: 275-88.