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Isolation of a leptospire belonging to a serogroup tarassovi

Authors: Ryan TJ, Marshall RB
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 9, pp 212-213, Sep 1976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

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

Abstract: The leptospiral serovars that have been cultured in New Zealand are pomona, copenhageni, ballum and hardjo. (Anon., 1951; Kirschner and Gray, 1951; Anon., 1967a; Lake, 1973, respectively.) Serological evidence of serovar tarassovi has been published (Russell and Hansen, 1958) but it is believed that until now no members of this serogroup have been isolated in New Zealand…

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