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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Copenhageni
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
Brazil
Other location data
Pelotas
Year
2007


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR), Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


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

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Citation

Miraglia F, de Morais ZM, Dellagostin OA, Seixas FK, Freitas JC, Zacarias FGS, Delbem AC, Ferreira TSP, Souza GO, Hartskeerl RA, Vasconcellos SA, Moreno AM, 2013. Molecular and serological characterization of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola isolated from dogs, swine, and bovine in Brazil. Tropical Animal Health and Production 45: 117-121.