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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
United States
Other location data
15 herds from Iowa and 2 from Indiana
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Other tissue, Urine
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Bacterial restriction-endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA)


Number of animals with id isolates
not stated
Animal age class
Adult, Fetus/ Stillbirth, Juvenile
Animal health
Died due to leptospirosis, Diseased

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Citation

Bolin CA, Cassells JA, Hill HT, Frantz JC, Nielsen JN. Reproductive failure associated with Leptospira interrogans serovar Bratislava infection of swine. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 1991;3(2):152-4.