Characterization of a mucoid clone of Streptococcus zooepidemicus from an epizootic of equine respiratory disease in New Caledonia

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-87

  Velineni, Sridhar ^a   Desoutter, Denise ^b   Perchec, Anne Marie ^b   Timoney, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire Territorial de Diagnostic Vétérinaire   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

AlaS; Clonal outbreak; DnaK; Mucoid SzNC; ST 307

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNAK; SZM PROTEIN; SZP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; SZPSE PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPK REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW CALEDONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84898819084     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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