| isolations of leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo, balcanica, and pomona from cattle at slaughter. | kidneys were cultured for leptospires and blood was collected for leptospiral serologic examination from 306 cattle slaughtered in florida during june, july, and august 1980. leptospires were found in 82(36%) of 226 otherwise bacterial-free cultures. forty-five isolates were identified as leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo, 3 as serovar balcanica, and 3 as serovar pomona. leptospiral antibodies were found in 218 (71%) of the cattle. serum titers to hardjo were found in 162 cattle (53%) and to ... | 1982 | 7103197 |
| leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo and pomona: causes of infections in dairy cows and humans in florida. | leptospirosis was diagnosed in 11 milkers on 3 dairy farms in a florida county. serologic test results identified leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo as the infecting organism in milkers and cows on one farm, and hardjo was isolated from two cows. on the second farm, serovars hardjo and pomona were implicated serologically in the cows and milkers, and pomona was isolated from two milkers. on the third farm, hardjo infection was identified by serologic tests in one milker, and hardjo was isolat ... | 1981 | 7232685 |