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. 2016 Nov 1;78(10):1639-1641.
doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0654. Epub 2016 Jul 11.

Detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in pet Djungarian hamsters in Japan

Mitsuhiro Kameyama  1 , Junko Yabata, Noriko Obane, Hitoshi Otsuka, Yasuharu Nomura
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Detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in pet Djungarian hamsters in Japan

Mitsuhiro Kameyama et al. J Vet Med Sci. .

Abstract

The prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica (Y. enterocolitica) and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was examined in 151 pet animals including 108 rodents, 39 rabbits and four sugar gliders from 13 pet stores in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Y. enterocolitica serogroup O:3 biotype 3 negative for the Voges-Proskauer reaction (O:3/3 variant VP-) was isolated from five Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) raised at the same pet store. These pathogenic Y. enterocolitica isolates carried the virulence genes, yadA, ail and virF, and were shown to be clonal by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with NotI digestion. This is a first report of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica O:3/3 variant VP- in pet Djungarian hamsters in Japan.

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