Serologic evidence of Brucella infection in pinnipeds along the coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan

• Published in: Microbiology and Immunology
• Main Authors: Abe, Erika, Ohishi, Kazue, Ishinazaka, Tsuyoshi, Fujii, Kei, Maruyama, Tadashi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Main Island; Pacific; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1348-0421.12474; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1348-0421.12474; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1348-0421.12474

ABSTRACT Brucella infection in Hokkaido was serologically surveyed in four species of pinnipeds inhabiting Cape Erimo during 2008–2013 and the Shiretoko Peninsula in 1999 by ELISA using Brucella abortus and B. canis as antigens. Anti‐ Brucella positive sera showed higher absorbance to B. abortus tha...