Exposure of Horses to Leptospira interrogans serovars Bratislava, Assessment of Post Exposure Parameters, Colonization of Tissues and Evaluation of Post Challenge Pathology
Principal Investigator: Yung-Fu Chang
Co-PI: Thomas Divers
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Email: yc42@cornell.edu
Sponsor: Zoetis
Title: Exposure of Horses to Leptospira interrogans serovars Bratislava, Assessment of Post Exposure Parameters, Colonization of Tissues and Evaluation of Post Challenge Pathology
Project Amount: $187,419
Project Period: January 2017 to December 2017
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
The objective is to evaluate the impact of exposure to Leptospira interrogans serovars bratislava strain on clinical signs, laboratory data, urinary shedding of leptospiral organisms, tissue infections and pathology.