Yersinia enterocolitica serogroups O5A and O8 were isolated from fecal samples of one colony of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) from the Tokyo Tama Zoo (Japan). Serogroup O5A was detected in brown bear (Ursus arctos) prior to the isolation from the macaques. Serogroup O5A organisms also were isolated from the Japanese macaques' breeding area. Serogroup O5A and OS isolates were not pathogenic. Serogroup OS isolates did not possess the O7 or O19 antigens.
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1 April 1989
Occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica in the Tokyo Tama Zoo
Yuko Sasaki,
Hideki Hayashidani,
Ken-ichi Kaneko,
Masuo Ogawa,
Koki Tanabe,
Noriko Kono,
Shigemi Shichiri,
Fumitaka Hashizaki,
Hiroshi Hiramatsu
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
survey
Yersinia enterocolitica
zoo animals