Serological reactions to Leptospira species in game animals of northern Natal

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Hunter, Pamela
Flamand, J.R.B.
Van der Merwe, Sanette M.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

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Fifty sera collected from 12 different species of free-living game animals in game parks in the Northern Natal were tested against 8 Leptospira interrogans antigens using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Six out of 50 animals had titres, all less than 100. Three of these animals had titres to serovar mini, 1 animal to tarrasovi, and 3 animals had multi-serovar reactions, 1 to mini and hardjo, and 1 to tarrasovi, copenhageni and pomona.

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Veterinary medicine

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Pamela, H, Flamand, JRB, Myburgh, J & Van Der Merwe, SM 1988, 'Serological reactions to Leptospira species in game animals of northern Natal', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 191-192.