Use of Baby Chicks for Isolation of Leptospires

Abstract

Two-day-old chicks uniformly developed leptospiremia persisting for at least 5 days following intraperit. inoculation of leptospires. No clinically detected illness resulted from this infection nor was there constant significant serologically demonstrable antibody response. Employment of chicks for recovery of leptospires from materials contaminated with other microorganisms and hence unsuitable for direct culture is suggested.