Serum samples from 89-4 wild animals (representing 31 species) from Trinidad and Grenada were examined by the microscopic agglutination test for leptospiral antibodies; 198 were positive. These included 39 bats, 88 mongooses, six opossums, 10 peridomestic rodents, 15 forest rodents, 10 lizards, and 30 toads. Thirteen pathogenic serogroups were involved. Thirty-nine Leptospira isolates were reported from mongooses, opossums, rodents and toads.
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1 July 1983
LEPTOSPIRES IN WILDLIFE FROM TRINIDAD AND GRENADA
C. O. R. Everard,
G. M. Fraser-Chanpong,
L. J. Bhagwandin,
M. W. Race,
A. C. James