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Case Reports
. 2003 Oct;67(4):312-4.

Brucella abortus infection in indigenous Korean dogs

B K Baek  1 , C W Lim, M S Rahman, C-Hyun Kim, A Oluoch, I Kakoma
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Brucella abortus infection in indigenous Korean dogs

B K Baek et al. Can J Vet Res. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Three dogs reared on a dairy farm with a high incidence for Brucella abortus were serologically positive for B. abortus and no other Brucella spp. The identity of the organism was confirmed to be B. abortus by AMOS (abortus melitensis ovis suis)-polymerase chain reaction with specific primers for B. canis. One hundred percent homology of the canine isolate and the bovine pathogen isolated from the farm was demonstrated. The only possible source of infection was infected cattle on the same farm. It is suggested that dogs be routinely included in brucellosis surveillance and eradication programs.

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Figure 1. Amplification of DNA in the AMOS (abortus melitensis ovis suis)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Lane 1, 1000 base pairs (bp) DNA marker; lane 2, DNA extracted from standard B. abortus colony; lane 3, DNA extracted from blood; lane 4, DNA extracted from one of the cultured blood samples (dog #2). A 498 bp amplification was consistently shown as predicte d, lanes 5 and 6.
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