Isolation of acholeplasmas from horse feces.
Acholeplasmas were detected in five of 96 feces samples from clinically normal horses. Three of the five strains isolated were identified as A. equifetale, one as A. hippikon, and one was serologically identical with the Acholeplasma strain 881.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000127:Acholeplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy