1996
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1996.35963
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Distribution of leptospirosis in possums from New Zealand and its offshore islands

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“…The serum was separated by centrifugation and submitted to the Central Animal Health laboratory, Wallaceville, New Zealand, for serology. The serological micro‐agglutination test (MAT), using doubling dilutions of serum beginning at 1 : 50, was used to detect the presence of leptospiral antigens (Horner, Heath & Cowan 1996). If no reaction was seen in the 1 : 50 dilution, the result was scored as negative.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The serum was separated by centrifugation and submitted to the Central Animal Health laboratory, Wallaceville, New Zealand, for serology. The serological micro‐agglutination test (MAT), using doubling dilutions of serum beginning at 1 : 50, was used to detect the presence of leptospiral antigens (Horner, Heath & Cowan 1996). If no reaction was seen in the 1 : 50 dilution, the result was scored as negative.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infection with serovar Balcanica in brushtail possums is characterized by high susceptibility to infection, temporary subclinical effects, low pathogenicity to the host, long-term leptospiruria, and natural transmission within the host species (Hathaway et al, 1981;Day et al, 1997). In New Zealand, seropreva-lence varies greatly; up to 80% of adults test positive on the North Island, whereas leptospirosis appears to be absent from brushtail possums on the South Island (Horner et al, 1996). In Australia, antibodies to serovar Hardjo were detected in the state of Victoria (Durfee and Presidente, 1979) and in southeastern Australia (Milner et al, 1981).…”
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“…At each bimonthly trapping occasion, captured possums had approximately 5 ml of blood drawn from a tail vein. We determined the presence of L. balcanica infection in each sample using a serological microagglutination test (MAT), using doubling dilutions of serum beginning at 1:50, to determine the presence of leptospiral antigens (Horner et al 1996). If we saw no reaction in the 1:50 dilution, we scored the result as negative (e.g., Caley and Ramsey 2001).…”
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confidence: 99%