PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Pak Vet J, 2023, 43(4): 838-841

Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Strains Isolated from Donkeys: A Novel Genotype Associated with Donkey Infectious Endometritis

Nannan Gao^1,3^§, Chong Chen^2§, Yalu Ji^2§, Jianqiang Guo³, Yan Du³, Jingmin Gu², Wei Zhu³, Jun Zhang¹ and Jianbao Dong^{1,
3, 4*}

¹Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China;
²College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China;
³Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang, China;
⁴College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
*Corresponding author: djb922@hotmail.com (JD)
^§Co-first author: These authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (S. zooepidemicus) is one of the most common pathogens of endometritis in intensive donkey farms. In order to investigate the molecular epidemiological characteristics of S. zooepidemicus isolates associated with endometritis in intensive donkey breeding farms in China, isolates (n=40) from 8 small and medium-sized breeding farms were selected for multilocus sequence typing analysis. Results revealed that 4 sequence types (STs) were identified, ST360, ST380, ST413, and a novel genotype ST-novel, and these were genetically distant from each other, which suggested that S. zooepidemicus strains caused endometritis in intensive donkey farms possessed high genetic diversity and were lack of genotype specificity. The result of present study contributed to the understanding of the molecular epidemiological characteristics of S. zooepidemicus isolates.

To Cite This Article: Gao N, Chen C, Ji Y, Guo J, Du Y, Gu J, Zhu W, Zhang J and Dong J, 2023. Multi-locus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus Strains Isolated from Donkeys: A Novel Genotype Associated with Donkey Infectious Endometritis. Pak Vet J, 43(4): 838-841. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.100

Abstract

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)