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Studies on Yersinia Enterocolitica Isolated From Swine and Dogs
Author(s) -
Pedersen Knud BØrge,
Winblad Sten
Publication year - 1979
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.1699-0463.1979.tb02416.x
Subject(s) - yersinia enterocolitica , serotype , microbiology and biotechnology , yersinia , haemolysis , biology , agar , virology , bacteria , immunology , genetics
Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O3 was isolated from the colon contents of 27 (4.5%) of 599 bacon pigs on slaughter. Two (1.7%) out of 115 dogs were positive by culture for this human‐pathogenic serotype of Y. enterocolitica. A number of other serotypes of Y. enterocolitica were also obtained both from porcine and canine enteric contents (4b, 5a, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 26b, and non‐typeable strains). All these serotypes are supposedly non‐pathogenic for man and may possibly originate from the microflora of the environment. Haemolysis on bovine blood agar was observed for strains belonging to O‐serotype 3.