Isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovar muenchen from a sow with a history of abortion.
The isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovar muenchen from a sow which aborted in the first third of pregnancy is described. Isolation was achieved only in media containing a rabbit serum additive and identification was determined by cross-agglutination absorption. A high degree of cross-reactivity was found with reference antisera of the Australis serogroup. Serovar muenchen has not previously been reported in animals and may be responsible for a proportion of the titres to antigens of the Australis serogroup that have recently been reported in pigs in England.
D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000209:etiology*; D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014895:Weil Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*