Isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo from sheep in New Zealand

Authors: Blackmore DK, Marshall RB, Hathaway SC, Bahaman AR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 8, pp 171, Aug 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Public health, Urinary system/urology
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Outbreaks of leptospirosis in sheep have been reported from a number of countries and these have been due to infections with serovars hardjo, pomona, unknown serovar. Clinical leptospirosis of sheep is not common in New Zealand and most cases that have been investigated have been associated with pomona infections (unpublished data, MAF). Experimentally, inapparent hardjo infection has been shown to be readily established in sheep and in pomona experiments on sheep leptospirmia was shown to persist for up to 3 months. The possibility that hardjo infection may be endemic in sheep has been suggested…

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