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Raccoon

Animal common names
Raccoon
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Procyon lotor
Serovar
Australis
Serogroup
Australis
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
United States
Other location data
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Year
1957


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


Number of animals with id isolates
1
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Galton MM, Hirschberg N, Menges RW, Hines MP, Habermann R, 1959. An investigation of possible wild animal hosts of leptospires in the area of the "Fort Bragg fever" outbreaks. Am J Publ Health 49: 1343-1348.