Year 2014 - Volume 34, Number 2


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Multiple strains of Mycobacterium bovis isolates identified by molecular typing of bovine animals slaughtered in slaughterhouse, 34(2):103-108
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ABSTRACT.- Alzamora Filho F., Vasoncellos S.E.G., Gomes H.M., Cavalcante M.P., Suffys P.N. & Costa J.N. 2014. [Multiple strains of Mycobacterium bovis isolates identified by molecular typing of bovine animals slaughtered in slaughterhouse.] Multiplas estirpes de isolados de Mycobacterium bovis identificados por tipagem molecular em bovinos abatidos em matadouros-frigoríficos. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 34(2):103-108. Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado Km 16, Bairro Salobrinho, Ilhéus, BA 45662-900, Brazil. E-mail: alzafilho@yahoo.com.br

The aim of this study was to use bacteriological and molecular methods to identify Mycobacterium bovis in lesions observed in cattle carcasses during routine post-mortem inspection in slaughterhouses with official inspection service. It was accompanied the slaughter and inspection of 825,394 cattle, healthy ante mortem examination by the official inspection service in ten slaughterhouses in the state of Bahia. Carcasses of 180 cattle presented lesions suggestive of tuberculosis and other lymphadenitis. In bacterial isolation, 25 samples showed dysgonic growth of colonies of creamy-yellow in medium-Stonebrink Leslie. From these isolates, 14 were identified as M. bovis and the multiplex PCR technique spoligotyping was discriminated against eight different spoligotypes of M. bovis, seven previously described in the literature and a new spoligotypes without former description. The major spoligotypes was SB0121, with five samples which has been described in Brazil and other countries, followed by two clusters, SB295 and SB1055, with two isolates each. The SB1145 and SB1648 spoligotypes were reported only in Brazil and Denmark, respectively. The spoligotypes SB140 has been found in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. These results demonstrate that the spoligotypes obtained are shared, so far, among Brazilian states and among Latin America and Europe. Thus, molecular discrimination of isolates of M. bovis by Spoligotyping constitutes a tool for epidemiological studies of bovine tuberculosis in the state of Bahia.
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