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Muskrat

Animal common names
Muskrat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Ondatra zibethicus
Serovar
Copenhageni
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Netherlands
Other location data
Zeeland, Drenthe and Gelderland
Year
1987-1988


Specimen type
Blood, Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Restriction endonuclease analysis, 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

Steinen ACM, Schuurman JL, Gravekamp C, Korver H, Terpstra WJ, 1992. Muskrats as carriers of pathogenic leptospires in the Netherlands. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 61: 43-50.