Leptospira interrogans antibodies in feral pigs from New South Wales

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 738-743

  Mason, R J ^a,b   Fleming, P J S ^a   Smythe, L D ^c   Dohnt, M F ^c   Norris, M A ^c   Symonds, M L ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feral pigs; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Reservoir; Serosurvey; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS REACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 0032175257     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.738     Document Type: Article

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