Bacteriological examination of bovine kidneys for leptospires in Plateau State, Nigeria

Summary: A total of 525 bovine kidneys obtained from Jos municipal abattoir were culturally examined for the presence of pathogenic leptospires. Six leptospiral strains belonging to two different serogroups were isolated. Five of the isolates were serologically homologous and belonged to a new serovar in the Pyrogenes serogroup. The remaining isolate was identified as serovar hardjo (genotype Hardjo-bovis).