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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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#36 Genetic diversity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis bovine isolates<br />

in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United Kingdom<br />

Karen Stevens<strong>on</strong>, Ian Her<strong>on</strong>, Joyce McLuckie, Franck Biet, Margaret McCall, George Caldow<br />

Moredun Research Institute, United Kingdom; INRA, France; Scottish Agricultural College, United Kingdom<br />

The objective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this study was to investigate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> genetic diversity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis<br />

(Map) bovine isolates in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United Kingdom (UK). A panel <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 204 isolates from dairy and beef<br />

(commercial and pedigree) cattle in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United Kingdom (UK) was assembled. The isolates were initially cultured<br />

from faeces samples using <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ESP TREK liquid culture system and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n subcultured <strong>on</strong>to Middlebrook<br />

7H11 agar supplemented with mycobactin J. The isolates were genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis<br />

(PFGE) using SnaBI and SpeI using <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> standardised procedure developed at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Moredun Research Institute<br />

(www.moredun.ac.uk/PFGE-mycobacteria) and by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number<br />

tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analysis as described by Thibault et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45:2404-2410). A<br />

total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 15 multiplex PFGE pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>iles and 13 MIRU-VNTR pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>iles were detected. Using <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> combined typing data<br />

from 178 isolates, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Simps<strong>on</strong>’s Index <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Diversity was calculated to be 0.729. There were two predominant<br />

strain types represented by 45% and 26% <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> isolates, which were widely distributed throughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> UK.<br />

The relative virulence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se strain types has yet to be investigated.<br />

#38 Comparis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> isolati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specific culture media<br />

Masoud Haghkhah, Hormat Aghajani Maleki<br />

Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pathobiology, School <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Iran<br />

The aim <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this study was <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> comparis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> isolati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specific culture media in sheep<br />

and goats herds in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran. A total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 50 fecal samples from sheep and goats with clinical<br />

signs suspected to Johne's disease were prepared. Only 10 out <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 50 were positive with Ziehl-Neelsen staining<br />

method. The samples were streaked <strong>on</strong> four specific media including Middlebrook 7H9 agar, Middlebrook 7H11<br />

agar, modified Lowenstein-Jensen (MLJ) and Herrold's egg yolk agar with mycobactin J (2 slopes) and without<br />

mycobactin (1 slope). No growth <strong>on</strong> three media (Middlebrook 7H9 agar, Middlebrook 7Hll agar and modified<br />

Lowenstein-Jensen) was observed, but 5 Herrold's cultures were positive. As a result, it seems that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> growth<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP <strong>on</strong> Herrold's egg yolk agar is more efficient than <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r culture media.<br />

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