title: Seroepidemiological survey of sheep flocks from Northern Japan for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mycoplasma agalactiae.
abstract: Sheep flocks from Hokkaido, Iwate and Aomori, three northern prefectures of Japan, were screened for antibodies to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mycoplasma agalactiae by ELISA. Sixty four animals out of 246 (26%) were seropositive to M. ovipneumoniae, with positive results obtained from all three prefectures. None of the sera tested were serologically positive to M. agalactiae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3 Chome, Morioka, 020-8550, Japan. giangasp@gmail.com
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giangaspero
authors.forename: Robin A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hlusek
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonfini
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orusa
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatami
authors.forename: Eishu
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Norimoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Ryô
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harasawa
authors.forename: Roger D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ayling
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D045644:Mycoplasma agalactiae / Q000502:physiology*; D045802:Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae / Q000502:physiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial