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Detection of Leptospira spp. in wildlife reservoir hosts in Ontario through comparison of immunohistochemical and polymerase chain reaction genotyping methods.
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne - 1 Mar 2014
Shearer Karen E, Harte Michael J, Ojkic Davor, Delay Josepha, Campbell Douglas
Abstract excerpt
A total of 460 kidney samples from wildlife (beavers, coyotes, deer, foxes, opossums, otters, raccoons, skunks) were obtained from road-kill and hunter/trapper donations in Ontario between January 2010 and November 2012. The objectives of the study were to detect Leptospira spp. by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to map presence of leptospires in wildlife relative to livestock and human...
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