Virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolated from cats and dogs

• Author(s): Takai, S. ; Martens, R. J. ; Julian, A. ; Ribeiro, M. G. ; de Farias, M. R. ; Sasaki, Y. ; Inuzuka, K. ; Kakuda, T. ; Tsubaki, S. ; Prescott, J. F.
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/39224
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

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Nine cat isolates and nine dog isolates of Rhodococcus equi from clinical material were investigated for the presence of the virulence-associated antigens (VapA and VapB) and virulence plasmids. Five of the cat isolates and one dog isolate were VapA positive and contained an 85-kb type I or an 87-kb type I plasmid. The remaining 12 isolates were avirulent R. equi strains and contained no virulence plasmids.

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Texas A&M Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Large Anim Med & Surg, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

Ruakura Anim Hlth Lab, Hamilton, New Zealand

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, FMVZ, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Puc, Dept Small Anim Clin Sci, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Univ Guelph, Dept Pathobiol, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, FMVZ, Botucatu, SP, Brazil