First isolation of leptospires from dairy goats in Brazil Primeiro isolamento de leptospiras em caprinos no Brasil

Leptospires have never been recovered from goats in Brazil. Serum samples were obtained from 248 goats from Rio de Janeiro and from the seroreactive animals, urine samples were collected and processed for Leptospira isolation. A total of 52 positive reactions were observed, corresponding to 20.9% of...

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Main Authors: Walter Lilenbaum, Zenaide M. Morais, Amane Paldês Gonçales, Gisele O. de Souza, Leonardo Richtzenhain, Silvio A. Vasconcellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000300023