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YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA IN SMALL RODENTS FROM NORWAY, SWEDEN AND FINLAND
Author(s) -
KAPPERUD GEORG
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1975.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - serotype , yersinia enterocolitica , feces , rodent , biology , veterinary medicine , yersiniosis , shrew , yersinia , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , enterobacteriaceae , ecology , bacteria , escherichia coli , medicine , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The purpose of the present investigation was to study the occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica (Y.e.) among small rodents and shrews (Soricidae) from Norway, Sweden and Finand. During a period of one year beginning in the autumn of 1973, animals from seven localities were examined. Twenty‐four strains of Y.e. were isolated from 551 small rodents. Isolations were made from six of the seven localities and from six of the nine small rodent species examined. Pooled faeces samples from 397 animals yielded 12 strains. Faeces from 154 small rodents were separately investigated: Twelve (8 per cent) of these animals harboured Y.e. No isolations were made from 52 shrews. Most of the strains showed antigenic relationship to O‐serotypes previously reported from untreated drinking water in Norway. Two strains were antigenically related to O‐serotype 3 but differed biochemically from the strains found in man and swine. The results indicate that Y.e. has a widespread distribution among small rodents in Norway, Sweden and Finland.