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Cattle

Animal common names
Cattle
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Bos taurus
Serovar
Ratnapura
Serogroup
Grippotyphosa
Species
L.kirschneri
Presumptive species
L.kirschneri


Country names
Zimbabwe
Other location data
Marondera abattoir with cattle from Mashonaland & Manicaland province
Year
1987-1988


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Monoclonal antibodies, Restriction fragment length polymorphisms, Single gene primers, Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)
Gene
B64I/B64II, G1/2


Number of animals with id isolates
2: 1 L. kirschneri serovar Ratnapura, and 1 L. kirchneri, serovar undetermined
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Feresu SB, Bolin CA, Korver H, Van de Kemp H, 1995. Identification of leptospires of the Pomona and Grippotyphosa serogroups isolated from cattle in Zimbabwe. Res Vet Sci 59: 92-4.