Forget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease caused by the bacteria Leptospira. It can survive for months in the soil and water. In addition to being carried in rat urine, it’s also found in the urine ...

The intelligent rodents have a particularly keen nose and have been previously trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis.

In stamping it out from California, where it last appeared in epidemic form, it has been suggested that rats be destroyed by infecting them with bacteria, which would be passed from one rat to ...

Leptospirosis disease also known as rat fever has been spreading in the Matara District over the last two weeks. More than seven victims of the disease have been admitted to the Matara General ...

It is caused by the leptospiro bacteria. Symptoms include fever, nausea, muscle aches, vomiting, and diarrhoea. "Rats drown in flood water which contaminates it further, allowing the leptospiro ...

To determine in vitro conditions affecting production in the presence and absence of exogenous substrate, washed isolated rat colonic rings ... quantitative changes in bacteria, pH and metabolite ...