title: Antibodies against Mycoplasma bovigenitalium in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus) with balanoposthitis.
abstract: Since 1980 severe chronic balanoposthitis has been observed in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Białowieza Primeval Forest (Poland). Sera of 50 bison with balanoposthitis and 48 clinically healthy male and 49 female bison were investigated for antibodies against Mycoplasma bovis and M. bovigenitalium by western blot analysis. Prevalence of antibodies against M. bovigenitalium was significantly higher in bison with balanoposthitis than in unaffected male bison. Mycoplasma bovigenitalium may play a role in the pathogenesis of balanoposthitis in European bison.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, D-10315 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Svenja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thiede
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spergser
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosengarten
authors.forename: Willi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jakob
authors.forename: Wolf Jürgen
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Streich
authors.forename: Margorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krasińska
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frölich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001446:Balanitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016164:Bison; D005260:Female; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial