A complement fixation test for the serological diagnosis of leptospirosis in pigs experimentally infected with serotype pomona

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Leptospirosis is a disease of growing importance as a zoonosis. More than 120 serotypes are recognized (W.H.O., 1967), but present evidence suggests that serotype pomona predominates in farm livestock in New Zealand (Jamieson et al., 1970), Other serotypes including medanensis, tarassovi (formerly known as hyos, W.H.O., 1967) and copenhageni (formerly known as icterohaemorrhagiae, see Kmety, 1966) appear to occurless frequently.