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Characterization of Streptococcus suis isolates recovered between 2008 and 2011 from diseased pigs in Québec, Canada.
Veterinary microbiology - 23 Mar 2013
Gottschalk Marcelo, Lacouture Sonia, Bonifait Laetitia, Roy David, Fittipaldi Nahuel, Grenier Daniel
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we report the distribution of different serotypes of Streptococcus suis among strains isolated from diseased pigs in Québec, Canada, recovered between 2008 and 2011. Serotype 2 strains were further studied for the presence of the following virulence markers: suilysin (sly), muramidase-released protein (MRP), extracellular protein factor (epf) and the pilus encoded by the srtF cluster. Of 1004...
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