The recovery of Mycoplasmas from the genital tracts of bulls in artificial breeding units in Ontarïo.
One hundred and thirty-two penial-preputial swabbings, 140 raw and 42 processed semen samples were cultured for mycoplasmas. Mycoplasma or acholeplasma were recovered from 87, 32 and one respectively, while ureaplasmas were recovered from 46, 34 and six respectively.
D000127:Acholeplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000382:microbiology*; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009864:Ontario; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification