The potential of the ovine udder as a model to determine the pathogenicity of bovine ureaplasmas.
Various methods of inducing mastitis in the ovine mammary gland with two bovine ureaplasma strains were investigated. The most successful method was by inoculation of fresh broth cultures on two successive days, 24 h apart. Eight more bovine strains were inoculated by this means and three successfully infected the glands.
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Veterinary Research Laboratories, Stormont, Belfast, Ireland U.K.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000382:microbiology; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000382:microbiology; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity*