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Ryoko Nakagawa1, Hiroaki Moki1, Kazuhide Hayashi1
1Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0064, Japan.
Abstract:
Rhodococcus equi was isolated from the granulomatous lesions of the lung, kidney, liver, and hepatic, mesenteric, and abomasum lymph nodes of a Japanese black heifer. R. equi isolates were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for virulence-associated protein genes. The vapN gene was detected in all the isolates examined. This is the first report in which vapN-positive R. equi was isolated from cattle in Japan.
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