Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo vaccination against Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica infection

Authors: Liardet DM, Flint SH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp 38, Mar 1981
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock
Subject Terms: Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Bacterial, Immune system/immunology, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Vaccination, Public health
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica is now recognised as a widespread infection among opossums in New Zealand and the possibility of domestic stock acting as accidental hosts has recently been demonstrated. With the recent development of hardjo vaccines  for controlling infection with this serovar in the maintenance hosts, stock could be left vulnerable to infection with other prevalent serovars such as balcanica. Serovar balcanica and hardjo are serologically very closely related, so the possibility of cross protection was investigated aimed at determining whether hardjo vaccination would protect animals from balcanica infection…

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