Experimental Leptospirosis in capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 726-730

  Marvulo, Maria Fernanda Vianna ^a,b   Silva, Jean Carlos Ramos ^a,b,c   Ferreira, Patrcia Marques ^a,b   De Morais, Zenaide Maria ^a   Moreno, Andrea Micke ^a   Doto, Daniela Sabatini ^a   Paixão, Renata ^a   Baccaro, Maria Regina ^a   Vasconcellos, Silvio Arruda ^a   Neto, Jos Soares Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação Tríade São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capybara; Experimental infection; Hydrochaeris; Leptospira; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT; URINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; HYDROCHAERIS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR POMONA; RODENTIA;

EID: 72649098448     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0042.1     Document Type: Article

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