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Domestic pig

Animal common names
Domestic pig
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Sus scrofa domesticus
Serovar
Hardjo type Prajitno
Serogroup
Sejroe
Species
L.interrogans
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
United States
Other location data
Samples collected in Iowa, but samples came from throughout midwestern United States
Year
1989


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Micro-agglutination testing on isolate, Bacterial restriction-endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA)


Number of animals with id isolates
20
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Bolin CA, Cassells JA. Isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovars Bratislava and Hardjo from swine at slaughter. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 1992;4(1):87-9.