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Domestic pig

Animal common names
Domestic pig
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Sus scrofa domesticus
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
New Caledonia
Other location data
Paita and Bourail abattoirs, as well as animals collected by the Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels
Year
2013


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
lfb1


Number of animals with id isolates
20
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Gay N, Soupé-Gilbert ME, Goarant C, 2014. Though not reservoirs, dogs might transmit Leptospira in New Caledonia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11: 4316-4325.