PetCaseFinder

Peer-reviewed veterinary case report

High resolution melting PCR to differentiate Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis"cattle type" and "sheep type".

Journal:
Journal of microbiological methods
Year:
2012
Authors:
Douarre, Pierre E et al.
Affiliation:
Cork Institute of Technology

Abstract

In this study, we describe a novel HRM-PCR assay that clearly differentiates the two main types of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (cattle and sheep) based on the polymorphic variation of a previously described tandem repeat. This modern genotyping technique has several advantages over alternative methods, including cost, ease of use and rapidity.

Find similar cases for your pet

PetCaseFinder finds other peer-reviewed reports of pets with the same symptoms, plus a plain-English summary of what was tried across them.

Search related cases →

Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22033498/