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| Krewer,Cristina da Costa; Spricigo,Dênis Augusto; Botton,Sônia de Avila; Costa,Mateus Matiuzzi da; Schrank,Irene; Vargas,Agueda Castagna de. |
| Rhodococcus equi is a gram-positive coco-bacillus and an intracellular opportunistic pathogen which causes pneumonia in foals. It is widely detected in environment and has been isolated from several sources, as soil, feces and gut from health and sick foals. The goal of this study was to characterize the epidemiological status (endemic, sporadic or no infection) of horse breeding farms from Bage County in South of Brazil, using a multiplex PCR. One hundred and eighteen R. equi isolates were identified by biochemical tests and submitted to a specie-specific and vapA multiplex PCR. These isolates were obtained from: three farms where the R. equi infection has been noticed, two farms where the disease has been not reported and one farm where the disease is... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rhodococcus equi; Multiplex PCR; Bronchopneumonia; Epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000100036 |
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