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Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica strains isolated from cattle, sheep and pigs in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. A. Brewer  and
M. J. Corbel
R. A. Brewer
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 3NB
M. J. Corbel
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 3NB
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The properties of 48 cultures identified as Yersiniaenterocolitica or Y. enterocolitica like organisms, including Y. frederiksenii, Y. intermedia and Y. kristensenii, were examined. Of these, 39 were isolated from flieces of apparently healthy pigs, five from healthy cattle, one from an aborted bovine fetus, one from an aborted lamb and one from a lamb suffering from acute enteritis.

Most isolates from healthy animals were of Y. enterocolitica biotype 1 or Y. intermedia and belonged to O serogroups not usually associated with disease in man or animals.The isolates from abortion or enteritis cases were of Y. enterocolitica biotypes 3, 4 and 5 and belonged to the pathogenic serogroups 0:5b and 0:2a, 2b, 3. No organisms of serogroup 0:9 were found.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , June 1983 , pp. 425 - 433
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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