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Sheep

Animal common names
Sheep
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Ovis aries
Serovar
Hardjo type Prajitno
Serogroup
Sejroe
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Brazil
Other location data
Rio de Janiero
Year
2012


Specimen type
Genitals
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
secY, rrs


Number of animals with id isolates
1
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Healthy/Asymptomatic

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Citation

Director A, Penna B, Hamond C, Loureiro AP, Martins G, Medeiros MA, Lilenbaum W, 2014. Isolation of Leptospira interrogans Hardjoprajitno from vaginal fluid of a clinically healthy ewe suggests potential for venereal transmission. Journal of Medical Microbiology 63: 1234-1236.