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Bovine tuberculosis in domestic pigs: Genotyping and distribution of isolates in Argentina.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Dec 2015
Barandiaran S, Martínez Vivot M, Pérez A M, Cataldi A A, Zumárraga M J
Abstract excerpt
Bovine tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and affects primarily cattle, among many other mammal species. In this study, 250 isolates of M. bovis collected from pigs slaughtered in Argentina were typed by spoligotyping. Over half of the isolates (66%) grouped into two spoligotypes. Moreover, SB0140 was the most frequent spoligotype detected in the three performed samplings. In addition, 195 isolates...
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