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Molecular typing of Mycobacterium bovis isolated in the south of Brazil

Ramos, Daniela FernandesSilva, Ana Bárbara ScholanteFagundes, Michel Quevedovon Groll, AndreaSilva, Pedro Eduardo Almeida daDellagostin, Odir Antônio

Bovine tuberculosis is a major infectious disease of the cattle. In this study, 85 M. bovis isolates from 162 lymph nodes, obtained from a herd of cattle on a farm in southern Brazil, were evaluated using spoligotyping and VNTR. The strains were grouped into five clusters and five orphans, showing a heterogenic genetic profile, what could represent diverse geographic origins of the introduced cows and/or the frequent movement of cattle between different properties.

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