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Domestic pig

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


Country names
Canada, Chile, United States
Other location data
In USA: Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Dakota. In Canada: Alberta
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Not stated
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Restriction fragment length polymorphisms


Number of animals with id isolates
14: 1 Chile, 1 Canada, 12 USA
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Zuerner RL, Alt DP, 2009. Variable nucleotide tandem-repeat analysis revealing a unique group of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona isolates associated with California sea lions. J Clin Microbiol 47: 1202-5.