| occurrence of yersinia enterocolitica in wild animals. | yersinia species were isolated from 16 of 495 small wild animals and from 1 of 38 foxes. the animals were trapped in seven regions of hokkaido, japan. of the 17 strains isolated, 9 were yersinia enterocolitica o6; 2 were y. enterocolitica o5a; 1 was y. enterocolitica, o4; 1 was y. enterocolitica o9; 1 was yersinia pseudotuberculosis ivb; and 3 were sucrose-negative strains. yersinia pestis was not isolated. the o6 organism was most prevalent in large red-back mice (clethrionomys rufocanus bedfor ... | 1981 | 7224628 |