Detection of Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos in cattle with anaemia.
Haemotrophic mycoplasmas are unculturable eperythrocytic pathogens that are found in a wide range of domestic and wild animals. In this study an outbreak of haemotrophic mycoplasmosis in cattle herds in Northern Germany is reported. Affected animals exhibited anaemia and depression and infection was confirmed following microscopic examination of blood smears and on PCR. Sequence analysis indicated that in addition to infection with Mycoplasma wenyonii, animals were infected with a novel bovine haemotrophic mycoplasma Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos.
Hoelzle
Katharina
K
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. khoelzle@vetbakt.uzh.ch
Winkler
Margit
M
Kramer
Manuela M
MM
Wittenbrink
Max M
MM
Dieckmann
Sarah M
SM
Hoelzle
Ludwig E
LE
D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary