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Detection of virulence plasmids in Rhodococcus equi strains isolated from pigs and cattle

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Rhodococcosis caused by Rhodococcus equi has been found in pigs and cattle at three farms in the Nizhni Novgorod oblast. Strains from piglets and calves that died from rhodococcosis as well as from sows that reacted positively to turberculin had large, 60 MDa, plasmids, which allows considering them virulent. The plasmid profile of R. equi strains can serve as a marker for revealing sources and pathways of infection of agricultural animals.

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  1. Veterinary Research Institute of the Non-Chernozem Zone, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    A. L. Lazovskaya & Z. G. Vorob’ev

  2. Blokhina Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Agency for Health and Consumer Rights, Nizhni Novgorod, 603000, Russia

    G. F. Levanova & S. Yu. Kashnikov

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Original Russian Text © A.L. Lazovskaya, G.F. Levanova, S.Yu. Kashnikov, Z.G. Vorob’ev, 2010, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2010, No. 4, pp. 59–61.

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Lazovskaya, A.L., Levanova, G.F., Kashnikov, S.Y. et al. Detection of virulence plasmids in Rhodococcus equi strains isolated from pigs and cattle. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 36, 309–311 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367410040233

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