Isolation of leptospires from the genital tracts of Iowa cows.
Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo was recovered from 5 of 11 nonpregnant cows chosen at random from an Iowa slaughterhouse. Isolations were made from the kidney in each instance, the genital tract of 3 cows: uterus from 1 cow, oviduct of another, and oviduct and uterus of a 3rd cow.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000469:parasitology*; D007484:Iowa; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*