While the genomes of a number of Mycoplasma species have been fully determined, there has been limited characterization of which genes are essential. The surface protein (p47) identified by monoclonal antibody B3 is the basis for an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection and appears to be constitutively expressed. Its gene was cloned, a...

Appropriate infection models are imperative for the understanding of pathogens like mycoplasmas that are known for their strict host and tissue specificity, and lack of suitable cell and small animal models has hindered pathogenicity studies. This is particularly true for the economically important group of ruminant mycoplasmas whose virulence factors need to be elucidated for designing effecti...

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...

Background: Contagious agalactia causes significant economic losses. The aim of this study is to investigate the presence contagious disease in cities Isparta and Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Methods: includes 45.500 animals 220 ovine enterprises samples were taken from those suspected disease. 202 21 comprised 139 goats, 56 sheep, 3 kid 2 lambs total sampled. A 289 collected, including 91 milk samp...

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INTRODUCTION Among bacteria causing mastitis, only Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycoplasma species, and Corynebacterium bovis are considered as fully contagious. Among these, S.aureus, is currently the most frequently isolated contagious pathogen in subclinical and chronic bovine mastitis worldwide (1). The reasons for the large spread of S.aureus intramammary infections (IM...