Three separate PCR tests, based on published primers,
were used to detect S. dysgalactiae and the subspecies
equisimilis. For S. dysgalactiae detection, the primers
Sdy519-F 5´-GGC TCA ACC ACT NTA CGC TT-3´ and
Sdy920-R 5´-ATC TCT AGA CCG GTC AGG A -3´ were
used for the amplification of a 401 bp sequence of the
16SrRNA region