Re-examination of Virulence of <i>Rhodococcus equi</i> Isolates from an Infected Goat and Its Environmental Soil in Okinawa Reported in 2015

• NAKAO Satoko

  Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health

• ISHIZUKA Shun

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• KAWASHIMA Go

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• NAKAGAWA Ryutaro

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• SASAKI Yukako

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• KAKUDA Tsutomu

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• SUZUKI Yasunori

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

• TAKAI Shinji

  Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 2015年に沖縄で山羊とその飼育環境土壌から分離されたロドコッカス・エクイの毒力の再検討
• 2015ネン ニ オキナワ デ ヤギ ト ソノ シイク カンキョウ ドジョウ カラ ブンリ サレタ ロドコッカス ・ エクイ ノ ドクリョク ノ サイケントウ
• Reexamination of virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolates from the infected goat in Okinawa reported in 2015

Abstract

Rhodococcus equi isolates from an infected Boa goat in Okinawa reported in 2015 (J. Jpn. Vet. Med. Assoc., 68, 751‐755, 2015) were re-examined with PCR for virulence-associated protein antigen N gene (vapN ), which was recently found in bovine isolates in the U.K., and granulomatous lesions on the organs in the cattle were similar to those in the goat. VapN was detected in all 32 isolates from the organs of the goat, and they possessed a novel linear virulence plasmid. Ten (34.5%) of 29 environmental isolates from soil on the goat farm were vapN -positive. These results revealed that the goat was infected by vapN -positive R. equi, not avirulent as previously reported.

Journal

• Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association

  Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association 73 (10), 582-584, 2020-10-20

  Japan Veterinary Medical Association

Keywords

• goat
• <i>Rhodococcus equi</i>
• <i>vapN</i>

Details

• CRID: 1390567901491777920
• NII Article ID: 130007941454
• NII Book ID: AN00191857
• DOI: 10.12935/jvma.73.582
• ISSN: 21860211
• ISSN: 04466454
• NDL BIB ID: 030699668
• Web Site: https://agriknowledge.affrc.go.jp/RN/2030936023
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• Text Lang: ja
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