Isolation and typification of campylobacter fetus in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Authors

  • Auvanir de Almeida Ramos
  • Hélio Gustavo Guida
  • Vania Lucia Baeta Andrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1983.v18.15295

Keywords:

campylobacteriosis, vibrio fetus, semen, vaginal mucus, aborted fetuses

Abstract

From 1972 to 1978,14 strains of Campylobacter fetus (Vibrio fetus) were isolated and typified, starting from a  part of smegma, preputial washing, semen, vaginal mucus, stomach content of aborted fetuses of bovines with reproduction problems. The isolated samples strains were identified as Campylobacter fetus, subspecies fetus and intestinales.

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How to Cite

Ramos, A. de A., Guida, H. G., & Andrade, V. L. B. (2014). Isolation and typification of campylobacter fetus in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 18(5), 551–556. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1983.v18.15295

Issue

v.18, n.5, maio 1983

Section

ANIMAL SCIENCE