The identification of Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides LC as the aetiological agent of balanoposthitis and vulvovaginitis in sheep in South Africa.
Clinical ulcerative balanoposthitis and vulvovaginitis was experimentally reproduced in 14 sheep infected with a Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides LC field strain, isolated from the Straussheim Dorper stud. The study encompassed a series of field observations, a therapeutic trial and experimental investigations. A wide range of bacteria and various mycoplasma spp., but no viruses, were isolated from a large number of infected animals.
Trichard
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Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, South Africa.
Jordaan
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Prozesky
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Jacobsz
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Henton
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D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001446:Balanitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000077422:Enrofloxacin; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D009176:Mycoplasma mycoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015363:Quinolones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015363:Quinolones; D000077422:Enrofloxacin; D010118:Oxytetracycline