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Domestic pig

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


Country names
Viet Nam
Other location data
Mekong Delta
Year
2001


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Micro-agglutination testing on isolate, Restriction endonuclease analysis


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

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Citation

Boqvist S, Montgomery JM, Hurst M, Thu HTV, Engvall EO, Gunnarsson A, Magnusson U, 2003. Leptospira in slaughtered fattening pigs in southern Vietnam: Presence of the bacteria in the kidneys and association with morphological findings. Veterinary Microbiology 93: 361-368.