title: A clinical case of severe anemia in a sheep coinfected with Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemovis' in Hokkaido, Japan.
abstract: A 2-year-old East Friesian sheep imported from Australia exhibited severe anemia after contagious pustular dermatitis in Hokkaido, Japan. Hemoplasma infection was confirmed in blood smears. Both Mycoplasma ovis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemovis' were detected by PCR and sequence analyses. In the epidemiological analysis, dual pathogens were detected in 6 of 12 (50.0%) sheep imported from Australia with the infected ewe at the same time, 1 of 5 (20.0%) sheep introduced from a domestic farm in Hokkaido, and in 1 of 16 (6.3%) sheep from an epidemiologically unrelated ranch. It is the first clinical case of sheep to confirm coinfection of these pathogens in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Michihito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Naoaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D060085:Coinfection; D004474:Ecthyma, Contagious / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*