Title
Short communication: Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae differs between countries
Date Issued
01 November 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Reyes J.
Chaffer M.
Sánchez J.
Zadoks R.N.
Robinson N.
Cardona X.
Ramírez N.
Keefe G.P.
University of Prince Edward Island
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Group B Streptococcus or Streptococcus agalactiae continue to be challenging for milk quality programs in countries with emerging dairy industries, such as Colombia, where high prevalence has been reported. Molecular typing of isolates is needed to understand the variability and epidemiology of this pathogen and to develop effective control and eradication programs. We characterized the molecular profile of Strep. agalactiae isolated from cows with subclinical mastitis in 21 Colombian dairy herds and measured diversity within and between herds using multilocus sequence typing. Isolates belonged to sequence type 248 [clonal complex (CC) 103; n = 30), ST1 (CC1; n = 6) or ST22 (CC22; n = 4)], whereas members of CC67/61, the dominant type in North America, were not detected. Presence of multiple clonally unrelated sequence type within a herd was common, which contrasts with the situation in European countries and suggests introduction from multiple sources. Our results demonstrate that conclusions from molecular epidemiological studies in 1 region cannot necessarily be extrapolated to other regions, and no single bovine-adapted CC of Strep. agalactiae exists in Colombia. Improvements in internal and external biosecurity will be needed to reduce Strep. agalactiae prevalence in Colombian dairy herds.
Start page
9294
End page
9297
Volume
100
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85029218550
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Dairy Science
ISSN of the container
00220302
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank William Chalmers (Editorial Service, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada) and Marguerite Cameron (postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada) for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript and Diana Macias (COLANTA) for laboratory technical assistance. The authors acknowledge the Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Internship program A5C-RIAP 2012-07, 2012), and Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia), which provided funding. Furthermore, to the Cooperativa COLANTA Ltda, Federación de Asociaciones de Ganaderos (FAGA, Medellín, Colombia), and the Sustainability Project 2013-2014 (Estrategia de sostenibilidad CODI 2013-2014, University of Antioquia), which provided administrative support for the project. Personal funding for Julian Reyes was provided by Innovation PEI (Charlottetown, PE, Canada) and Colciencias (Bogotá, Colombia).
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