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Summary
Two-day-old chicks uniformly developed leptospiremia persisting for at least 5 days following intraperitoneal 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 form materials contaminated with other microorganisms and hence unsuitable for direct culture is suggested.
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