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Cattle

Animal common names
Cattle
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Bos taurus
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Sri Lanka
Other location data
Colombo
Year
2010


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
flaB


Number of animals with id isolates
3
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Healthy/Asymptomatic

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Citation

Gamage CD, Koizumi N, Perera AK, Muto M, Nwafor-Okoli C, Ranasinghe S, Kularatne SA, Rajapakse RP, Kanda K, Lee RB, Obayashi Y, Ohnishi M, Tamashiro H, 2014. Carrier status of leptospirosis among cattle in Sri Lanka: a zoonotic threat to public health. Transbound Emerg Dis 61: 91-6.