title: Genital lesions in an outbreak of caprine contagious agalactia caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma putrefaciens.
abstract: This paper reports on the genital lesions observed in adult male and female goats from a commercial flock in the Extremadura region of southwestern Spain, following an outbreak of contagious agalactia syndrome caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae and M. putrefaciens. Although both species were isolated from several organs, M. putrefaciens was the only agent isolated from the genital lesions reported here, characterized by desquamative salpingitis and cystic catarrhal metritis in females and by testicular degeneration in males. Mycoplasma putrefaciens was isolated from the testes of only one of the males examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Avenida de la Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres, Spain. crgil@unex.es
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hermoso De Mendoza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats; D007775:Lactation Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D045644:Mycoplasma agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology