title: Seroprevalence and molecular detection of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in goats in tropical China.
abstract: In the present study, the seroprevalence and genetic identification of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection in goats were investigated in Hainan Province, tropical China between October 2012 and October 2013. A total of 1,210 serum samples collected from 16 herds in various administrative regions in tropical China were evaluated using indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA). Antibodies to M. ovipneumoniae were tested in (31.7 %, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 29-34.3) 383 of 1,210 serum samples (IHA titer ≥1:16). The M. ovipneumoniae seroprevalence ranged from 26.8 % (95 % CI 20.8-32.9) to 39 % (95 % CI 30.8-47.2) among different regions in tropical China, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01). The seroprevalence of M. ovipneumoniae infection in goats was higher in winter (46.1 %, 95 % CI 39.6-52.5) and spring (33.8 %, 95 % CI 28.3-39.3) than in autumn (27.5 %, 95 % CI 22.6-32.3) and summer (24.7 %, 95 % CI 20.3-29.1), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01). In addition, DNA was extracted from nasal swab; lung samples and the 16S rRNA gene sequences were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and then sequenced. Twenty-four of 329 (7.3 %) nasal swab samples and 73 of 280 (26.1 %) pneumonic lung tissues were found to contain M. ovipneumoniae, respectively. The results of the present survey indicate that M. ovipneumoniae infection is highly prevalent in goats in tropical China. This is the first report of the comprehensive survey of M. ovipneumoniae prevalence in goats in China.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratoy of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Danzhou, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: Jun-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guan-Yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Han-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D045802:Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012621:Seasons; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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