Isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica from selected animal species.
Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from 5 of 1,002 fecal samples taken from laboratory rats and mice, hamsters, dogs, cats, pigs, cattle, horses, and deer. Two isolates were from dogs (2 of 202; 1%) and 1 from a pig (1 of 107; 0.9%). The 3 isolates were biotype 1. Atypical environmental Y enterocolitica was isolated from a cow (1 of 141; 0.7%) and a horse (1 of 101; 1%). Isolates were not recovered from the other animal species.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D006224:Cricetinae; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology; D015007:Yersinia / Q000302:isolation & purification*