›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 210-213.

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Epidemiological Investigation of Caprine Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Sichuan Province

WANG Hua, YANG Fa-long, WANG Yong, TANG Cheng   

  1. (College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities, the Key Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of Universities in Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610041, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-01-01 Published:2011-01-01
  • Contact: TANG Cheng

Abstract:

Caprine Mycoplasma pneumoniae (CMP) is one of the most serious threat to goat breeding in Sichuan province. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of CMP. 135 clinical samples (lungs and nasal swabs) were collected from goat farms of 7 districts in Sichuan province and 42 clinical strains were isolated from these samples. The isolates were identified as M.ovipneumoniae (36/42) and the members of Mycoplasma mycoides cluster (6/42) by PCR. M. ovipneumoniae was isolated from all of 7 farms, and the members of Mycoplasma mycoides cluster was only isolated from one farm. The positive rate varied from 7.7% to 44.4% in 7 farms. The results suggested that M.ovipneumoniae was the major causative agent of CMP, and only a few cases was caused by both of M.ovipneumoniae and the members of Mycoplasma mycoides cluster in Sichuan province.

Key words: caprine Mycoplasma pneumoniae; M.ovipneumoniae; Mycoplasma mycoides cluster; epidemiology

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