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Domestic dog

Animal common names
Domestic dog
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Canis lupus familiaris
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Japan
Other location data
en prefectures of Japan (Ibaraki, Chiba, Mie, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa
Year
2007-2011


Specimen type
Blood
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene, Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
Gene
flaB


Number of animals with id isolates
45
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Diseased

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Citation

Koizumi N, Muto MM, Akachi S, Okano S, Yamamoto S, Horikawa K, Harada S, Funatsumaru S, Ohnishi M, 2013. Molecular and serological investigation of Leptospira and leptospirosis in dogs in Japan. Journal of Medical Microbiology 62: 630-636.