Mycoplasma agalactiae: The Sole Cause of Classical Contagious Agalactia?

Mycoplasma agalactiae, an Etiological Agent of Contagious Agalactia in Small Ruminants: A Review

Mycoplasma agalactiae is one of the causal agents of classical contagious agalactia (CA), a serious, economically important but neglected enzootic disease of small ruminants. It occurs in many parts of the world and most notably in the Mediterranean Basin. Following the infection common complications are septicaemia, mastitis, arthritis, pleurisy, pneumonia, and keratoconjunctivitis. Primary or...

Mycoplasma Agalacciae. V- Comparison of three different contagious agalactia vaccine

Isolation and identification of Mycoplasma agalactiae by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from affected sheep to Contagious agalactia of Khuzestan province, Iran

Mycoplasma agalactiae (M. agalactiae) is one of the main causes of contagious agalactia, an infectious syndrome of sheep and goats in Khuzestan province –southwest of Iran that is characterized by mastitis and subsequent failure of milk production, arthritis, abortion and keratoconjunctivitis. This study was carried out to isolation and identification of M. agalactiae with culture and polymeras...

Comparative assessment of two commonly used commercial ELISA tests for the serological diagnosis of contagious agalactia of small ruminants caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae

BACKGROUND Contagious agalactia (CA) of sheep and goats caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae is a widely occurring economically important disease that is difficult to control. The ELISA is commonly used for the serological detection of CA but it has some limitations and the performance of the available tests have not been properly evaluated.Two commercial ELISA kits are widely used, one involving a ...

Contagious agalactia of sheep and goats

Diagnosis can be performed in any laboratory which has the appropriate culture media. Identification of the three mycoplasmas responsible is relatively easy on the basis of cultural and biochemical characteristics, confirmed serologically. A clinical diagnosis within a herd can be confirmed by detecting serum antibodies by the complement fixation or ELISA techniques, which are also suitable for...