Abstract
We isolated Brucella melitensis biovar 3 from the spleen of an Asian badger (Meles leucurus) in Nilka County, northwestern China. Our investigation showed that this isolate had a common multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis 16 genotype, similar to bacterial isolates from local aborted sheep fetuses.
Highlights
We report an Asian badger (Meles leucurus) in China naturally infected with B. melitensis biotype 3
We identified the animals as Asian badgers by using a PCR targeting the 16S rDNA gene
Brucella antigen in liver and spleen from Asian badger infected with Brucella melitensis, northwestern China
Summary
Brucella melitensis in Asian Badgers, Northwestern China Xiafei Liu,1 Meihua Yang,1 Shengnan Song,1 Gang Liu, Shanshan Zhao, Guangyuan Liu, Sándor Hornok, Yuanzhi Wang, Hai Jiang We isolated Brucella melitensis biovar 3 from the spleen of an Asian badger (Meles leucurus) in Nilka County, northwestern China. We report an Asian badger (Meles leucurus) in China naturally infected with B. melitensis biotype 3.
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