title: Potentially pathogenic mycoplasmas in the external ear canal of clinically normal cattle in Southeast Brazil: first report.
abstract: Mycoplasmas were searched in the ear canal flushing of 60 bovine in Brazil. The prevalence obtained was 80%. The percentages of typified species were 12.5%, for M. alkalenses; 2.1%, M. arginini; 8.35%, M. bovirhinis; 2.1%, M. bovis; 25.0%, M. conjunctivae; 14.6%, M. mycoides subsp. mycoides LC and 10.4% M. capricolum.
authors.affiliation: PósGraduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro , Seropédica, RJ , Brasil.
authors.forename: Sandra Batista
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Elmiro Rosendo
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: do Nascimento
authors.forename: João Luiz Horácio
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Faccini
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.forename: Virginia Léo
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: de Almeida Pereira
keywords: Mollicutes; bovine; external ear canal; immunoperoxidase
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