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Domestic pig

Animal common names
Domestic pig
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Sus scrofa domesticus
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
United Kingdom
Other location data
England
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
PCR
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
16S


Number of animals with id isolates
12
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Diseased

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Citation

Fearnley C, Wakeley PR, Gallego-Beltran J, Dalley C, Williamson S, Gaudie C, Woodward MJ, 2008. The development of a real-time PCR to detect pathogenic Leptospira species in kidney tissue. Research in Veterinary Science 85: 8-16.