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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
Southwest Georgia
Year
1955-1956


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


Number of animals with id isolates
7
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

McKeever S, Gorman GW, Chapman JF, Galton MM, Powers PK, 1958. Incidence of leptospirosis in wild mammals from southwest Georgia with a report of new hosts for six serotypes of leptospires. Am J Trop Med Hyg 7: 646-655.