All of five lyophilised cultures of Mycoplasma orale kept for 23 years at room temperature were still viable, as were all but one of 12 lyophilised cultures of six Mycoplasma spp. that had been stored for 18-22 years at 4 degrees C. Similarly, 11 of 13 lyophilised ureaplasma cultures were viable after 8-22 years at 4 degrees C; the titre of organisms in the viable cultures had diminished no mor...

BACKGROUND Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an important problem in cattle production that is responsible for economic losses in dairy herds. Mycoplasma spp. are described as an important etiological agent of BRD. HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the occurrence of the most important mycoplasmas in the lower respiratory tract of healthy and BRD cattle in relationship to clinical signs of BRD. ANIMA...

Mycoplasma is causing many reproductive diseases and genital disorders, as they are associated with other bacteria such Ureaplasma urealyticum. The aim of the study to determine relationships between fastidious microbial infection (Mycoplasma spp. spp.) some immunological parameters for urinary-genital tract infections (UGTIs). includes a collection (223) samples (urine blood) from UGTIs patien...

Contagious agalactia (CA) is a serious disease syndrome of sheep and goats that is characterized by mastitis, arthritis, keratoconjunctivitis and, occasionally, abortion. Mycoplasma (M.) agalactiae is the main cause of the disease in sheep and goats. The aim of the present study was to detect M. agalactiae in conjunctival, synovial fluid, nasal, ear and milk samples in sheep herds with or witho...

BACKGROUND Ticks derived from cats have rarely been evaluated for the presence of pathogens. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., haemoplasma species and Hepatozoon spp. in ticks collected from cats in the UK. METHODS Five hundred and forty DNA samples extracted from 540 ticks collected from cats presenting to veterinarians in UK...

Ureaplasma, spp. Mycoplasma genitalium, and Mycoplasma hominis are associated with infection of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. We have developed a multiplex PCR for the detection of these Mycoplasmatales in a single amplification reaction. The analytical sensitivities of this assay were 10.8, 10.8, and 8.8 CFU for each organism, respectively...

PCR amplification targeting the 16S rRNA gene was used to test individuals with and without extensive arthropod and animal contact for the possibility of hemotropic mycoplasma infection. The prevalence of hemotropic mycoplasma infection (4.7%) was significantly greater in previously reported cohorts of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, spouses of veterinary professionals, and others with e...

Volume 3, no. 3, e00380-15, 2015. The author hereby retracts this article. The author was alerted that an American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strain sequence for Mycoplasma meleagridis had recently been released. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and intergenic spacer region (IGSR) of all avian Mycoplasma spp., including the ATCC Mycoplasma meleagridis strain and strain B2096 8B, w...

BACKGROUND AND ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) and it is the most common disease reported among the approximately 2 million to 6 million cats housed in US shelters annually and is often a cause of euthanasia because of the risks of transmission of infection throughout the shelter population and the negative effects on adoptability of infected cats. The combination of s...