01532nas a2200337   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653001700113653001300130653004200143653001300185100001600198700001300214700001300227700001500240700001500255700001200270700001600282700001600298700001300314700002600327700001200353700001900365245013100384250002500515300001200540490000800552520062000560022001401180       2017                            d  c03/2017bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10aMALDI-TOF MS10a16S rDNA10a16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region10agene tuf1 aJ Wickhorst1 aO Sammra1 aA Hassan1 aM Alssahen1 aC Lämmler1 aK Riße1 aT Eisenberg1 aN Schauerte1 aC Geiger1 aE Prenger-Berninghoff1 aM Timke1 aA Abdulmawjood00aActinomyces hyovaginalis associated with chronic suppurative arthritis in an adult giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)  a, Vektorübertragung  a161-1640 v1303 aTo date Actinomyces (A.) hyovaginalis has only been reported from infections of pigs, sheep and goats. We would like to report the isolation of this organism from an adult 17 year old giraffe from Frankfurt Zoo, with chronic arthritis that led to euthanasia of the animal. The strain was unambiguously identified as A. hyovaginalis by phenotypic properties, by MALDI-TOF MS analysis and by amplification and sequencing of the molecular targets 11S rDNA, 11S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and gene tuf encoding the elongation factor tu. However, the source and route of infection of the organism remains unclear.  a0005-9366