Use of a Mycoplasma suis-PCR protocol for screening a population of captive peccaries (Tayassu tajacu and Tayassu pecari) Uso de um protocolo de PCR para a detecção de Mycoplasma suis para avaliação de uma população de catetos e queixadas de cativeiro (Tayassu tajacu and Tayassu pecari)

Mycoplasma suis is a hemotropic bacteria of red blood cells and the causative agent of swine eperythrozoonosis. Diagnosis of infection may be reached by direct examination of blood smears; however, the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the 16S RNA gene of M. suis improves the sensitivity and...

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Main Authors: Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Marcelo Beltrão Molento, Ana Marcia Sá Guimarães, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Marcelo Bonat, Manoel Lucas Javorouski, Luciene Popp, Leonilda Correia dos Santos, Wanderlei Moraes, Zalmir Silvino Cubas, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Odilon Vidotto, Ivan Roque Barros Filho, Alexander Welker Biondo, Joanne Belle Messick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2011-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612011000100016