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IN Africa evidence for the existence of leptospirosis in ruminants has been found in the Belgian Congo1, Algeria2 and Tunisia3. We now record disease in cattle, sheep and goats in Kenya caused by leptospiræ.
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BURDIN, M., FROYD, G. Bovine Leptospirosis in Kenya. Nature 179, 1140 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791140a0
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