The preliminary differentiation with factor sera of Leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo and balcanica

Authors: Hamel KL, Ris DR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 11, pp 243-244, Nov 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Possum, Production animal, Ruminant, Wildlife
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Public health
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: We wish to report the results of the preliminary differentiation of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo and balcanica isolates from opossums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and cattle. The isolation of hardjo from opossums in New Zealand was first reported by de Lisle et al. and Brockie. The isolates obtained by de Lisle et al. were identified by fluorescent antibody typing according to the method of Hodges and Ekdahl, and Brockie`s isolates were identified as hardjo by provisional serotyping. The possibility was considered that opossums may form a reservoir of hardjo associated with bovine hardjo infection. More recently, however, Hathaway et al. reported that a large proportion of New Zealand opossums was infected with serovar balcanica…

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