| seroepidemiology of leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo in colorado antelope and cattle. | a seroepidemiologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo infection in colorado cattle and antelope. sera were tested by the microscopic agglutination test, using a standard battery of 12 antigens as well as 4 additional serovars of the hebdomadis serogroup: hardjo, szwajizak, sejroe, and balcanica. sera from 1,856 cattle and 544 antelope were tested. in both populations, the predominant serovar detected was hardjo; hardjo titers greater than or ... | 1981 | 7327994 |
| rodent leptospirosis in colorado. | a study was conducted to evaluate leptospirosis in brown rats (rattus norvegicus), muskrats (ondatra zibethicus) and mice (mus musculus) in southeastern larimer county, colorado. leptospira serotype icterohaemorrhagiae was isolated from fourteen of 143 feral brown rats, an infection rate of 9.8%. serological evidence of infection with this stereotype was found in 66.4% of the rats. serological evidence of l. serotype ballum infection was present in three of 17 muskrats. leptospires were seen in ... | 1976 | 16498868 |
| surveys for disease agents in introduced elk in arkansas and kentucky. | surveys for disease agents were conducted in introduced free-ranging elk (cervus elaphus nelsoni) in arkansas and kentucky. elk had been captured in colorado and nebraska and released in arkansas during 1981-1985. from 1997 through 2002 elk were captured in arizona, kansas, north dakota, new mexico, oregon, and utah and released in southeastern kentucky. specimens were collected from 170 hunter-killed elk in arkansas during 1998-2006, and 44 elk in kentucky during 2001-2004. significant findings ... | 2010 | 20090032 |
| leptospirosis and tularaemia in raccoons (procyon lotor) of larimer country, colorado. | raccoons (procyon lotor) are commonly implicated as carriers of many zoonotic pathogens. the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to look for leptospira interrogans and francisella tularensis in opportunistically sampled, free-ranging raccoons of larimer country, colorado, usa. sixty-five animals were included in the study and testing consisted of gross post-mortem examination, histopathology, and both immunohistochemistry and pcr for l. interrogans and f. tularensis. no significant gross l ... | 2011 | 21824365 |