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Norwegian rat

Animal common names
Norwegian rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus norvegicus
Serovar
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
United Kingdom
Other location data
Liverpool, England
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


Number of animals with id isolates
36
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Mason WNM, 1938. The incidence of leptospiral infection in rats in Liverpool. J Path Bact 46: 631-634.