Contagious agalactia (CA) is a serious disease of small dairy ruminants that has a
substantial economic impact on the goat and sheep milk industries. The main aetiological …

Contagious agalactia (CA) is a disease caused equally by four Mycoplasma species, in
single or mixed infections. Clinical signs are multiple, including mastitis, arthritis …

Horizontal gene transfer was long thought to be marginal in Mollicutes, but the capacity of
some of these wall-less bacteria to exchange large chromosomal regions has been recently …

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (Movp) is considered to be one of the most important
mycoplasmas causing respiratory disease in small ruminants. Most epidemiologic and …

Somatic cell count (SCC), mammary pathogens prevalence, total and specific bacterial
counts, antimicrobial residues, macroscopic sediment, water addition, aflatoxins and other …

Aims Mycoplasma agalactiae is responsible for Contagious Agalactia, a severe syndrome
affecting small ruminants worldwide and resulting in significant economic losses in countries …

Background Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is an ocular infectious disease caused by
Mycoplasma conjunctivae which affects small domestic and wild mountain ruminants …

This study examined the susceptibility to several antimicrobials of 28 isolates of Mycoplasma
agalactiae obtained from goats in a region (southeastern Spain) where contagious agalactia …

Background Laboratory diagnostic techniques able to detect Mycoplasma agalactiae are
essential in contagious agalactia in dairy goats. This study was designed: 1) to determine …

Background Mycoplasma agalactiae, causing agent of contagious agalactia, infects
domestic small ruminants such as sheep and goats but also wild Caprinae. M. agalactiae is …