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Isolation of Actinomyces hyovaginalis from sheep and comparison with isolates obtained from pigs.
Veterinary microbiology - 15 Jun 2012
Foster Geoffrey, Wragg Peter, Koylass Mark S, Whatmore Adrian M, Hoyles Lesley
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Actinomyces hyovaginalis, an organism initially described from pigs, was recovered from nine sheep and a moufflon. Further strains of A. hyovaginalis were recovered from five samples from pigs over the same period. 16S rRNA sequencing and extensive phenotyping demonstrated high similarity between the ovine and porcine isolates; however differences with respect to erythritol, adonitol and l-arabitol fermentation...
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