Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Prototheca zopfii genotype 2: the causative agent of bovine protothecal mastitis?
- Journal:
- Veterinary microbiology
- Year:
- 2007
- Authors:
- Möller, Asja et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health · Germany
Abstract
In order to clarify the epidemiology of bovine protothecal mastitis, 30 Prototheca zopfii mastitis isolates were genetically investigated. Based on the 18S rDNA, which allows a differentiation of the former species P. zopfii in two distinct P. zopfii genotypes and Prototheca blaschkeae sp. nov., newly developed genotype-specific PCR-assays as well as RFLP-assays were applied. All mastitis isolates investigated could be assigned to P. zopfii genotype 2 suggesting that this genotype is the aetiological agent of bovine Prototheca mastitis.
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