Leptospirosis serology in the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) from Urban Sydney, Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Eymann, Jutta ^a   Smythe, Lee D ^b   Symonds, Meegan L ^b   Dohnt, Michael F ^b   Barnett, Leonie J ^b   Cooper, Desmond W ^a,c   Herbert, Catherine A ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common brushtail possum; Leptospirosis; Marsupial; Microscopic agglutination test; Serosurvey; Serovar; Trichosurus vulpecula; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 34548329507     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.3.492     Document Type: Article

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