Serological survey for evidence of Leptospira interrogans in free-living platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 242-245

  Loewenstein, L ^a   Mclachlan Troup, T ^a   Hartley, M ^a,b   English, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Platypus; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLATYPUS; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLATYPUS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 44349093676     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2008.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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