title: [Detection of mycoplasmas in horses with respiratory diseases and their biochemical and serologic characterization].
abstract: Tracheal swabs were taken from 25 horses with respiratory diseases and investigated for mycoplasmas using three different media. Mycoplasmas could be isolated from 5 horses. The isolates were characterized by serological and biochemical methods. Four isolates could be identified as Mycoplasma equirhinis. The fifth isolate could not be typed. It did not react with antisera against mycoplasmas found in the respiratory tract of horses and its biochemical characteristics were different from the mycoplasmas described so far. It may represent a new species.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Shams Eldin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kirchhoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Nachweis von Mykoplasmen bei Pferden mit respiratorischen Erkrankungen und deren biochemische und serologische Charakterisierung.