Virulence gene profile and antimicrobial resistance of non-typeable Streptococcus suis isolated from clinically healthy and diseased pigs from North East India.

The present study was conducted to investigate the virulence gene profile and antimicrobial resistance of non-typeable Streptococcus suis isolates circulating in pigs of North East India. Fifty-two non-typeable S. suis isolates from clinically healthy and diseased pigs were screened by using PCR for the presence of the muramidase-released protein (mrp), extracellular factor (epf), hemolysin suilysin (sly), arginine deiminase (arcA), and glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) genes.

Genome sequence of JKS-07B isolate from J&K, India associated with virulent footrot of sheep.

Introduction: Virulent footrot of sheep caused by is associated with tremendous economic losses due to recurrent treatment costs and increased culling rates. This organism being a fastidious anaerobe is difficult to isolate on ordinary media that does not support its growth. The serogroup B isolate described in the present study has been used in the preparation of the whole-cell killed vaccine against footrot in India.

Densitometric analysis of rep-PCR data: Insight into genetic variability and transmission of Clostridium perfringens typed with an improved multiplex PCR.

An epidemiological study was conducted in North-East India (part of Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot) to better understand the distribution, diversity, and transmission of Clostridium perfringens among livestock, pets, wild animals (captive), and humans. A total of 160 C. perfringens isolates were recovered from 642 diarrhoeic faecal samples with an isolation rate of 24.

Draft genome sequence of Dichelobacter nodosus JKS-07 serogroup E from India.

Objectives: Dichelobacter nodosus is an anaerobic bacterium with fastidious growth requirements that is the principal cause of footrot associated with lameness in sheep and goats. In India, D. nodosus serogroups B and E have been recorded as major causes of footrot.

Molecular characteristics of Clostridium difficile isolates from human and animals in the North Eastern region of India.

A total of 1034 samples were collected from different sources and C. difficile was isolated from 18 (9.04%) of 199 human, 9 (4.

Isolation and characterization of Clostridium difficile from pet dogs in Assam, India.

One hundred and seventeen faecal samples from pet dogs (pup = 21 and adult = 96) brought for treatment to a veterinary clinic were examined for Clostridium difficile. A total of 16 (13.67%) samples were positive.