Abstract
Between 2002 and 2007, 75 strains of Brucella abortus were isolated from aborted bovine fetuses collected from several regions of Turkey. The isolates were all identified as B abortus biovar 3 by conventional methods. However, when they were analysed by enhanced amos-ery pcr, a 5.4 kb deletion, different from that in the Tulya strain (B abortus biovar 3, atcc 23450), was identified in all of them. As a result, they were subtyped as B abortus biovar 3b.
MeSH terms
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Abortion, Veterinary / epidemiology
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Abortion, Veterinary / microbiology*
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Animals
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Bacterial Typing Techniques / veterinary
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Brucella abortus / classification*
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Brucella abortus / isolation & purification
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Brucellosis, Bovine / epidemiology
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Brucellosis, Bovine / microbiology*
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Cattle
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DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Female
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Male
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Phylogeny*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary*
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Pregnancy
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Turkey / epidemiology