Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus: Abortion and stillbirths in sheep

Letícia Trevisan Gressler, Jackeline Karsten Kirinus, Gustavo Machado, Felipe Libardoni, Agueda Castagna de Vargas

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Abstract

The bacteria of genus Campylobacter spp, is commonly involved in outbreaks of ovine abortion in many countries. In Brazil, until now, there has been no report on the occurrence of abortion in sheep caused by C. fetus subsp. fetus. In this paper, we report the detection this bacteria in ovine fetuses naturally infected. Thus, alert for possible cases of abortion in sheep caused by C. fetus subsp. fetus.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)697-700
Number of pages4
JournalCiencia Rural
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Abortion
  • Campylobacter fetus subesp. fetus
  • Ovine
  • PCR

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