Survey of antibodies to Mycoplasma agalactiae

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• 作者：C. De la Fe ; P. Assunç ; ao ; C. Gutié ; rrez ; A.S. Ramí ; rez ; C. Poveda ; F. Fabelo ; J.B. Poveda
• 关键词：Contagious agalactia ; Dromedaries ; ELISA
• 刊名：Journal of Arid Environments
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：April-May 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：73
• 期：4-5
• 页码：594-595
• 全文大小：94 K

文摘

Given recent evidence of a possible role of camelids in the epidemiology of diseases caused by mycoplasma species in other ruminants, we examined the prevalence of the mycoplasmas most commonly responsible for contagious agalactia (CA) in small ruminants among the dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) of Lanzarote. On this island, one of the most arid regions of Spain in which CA is considered endemic, dromedaries and infected small ruminants such as goats and sheep, live in close contact. Specific IgG antibodies against Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (large colony biotype) were determined using two indirect enzyme immunoassays in 28 % of the island's dromedary population. None of the serum samples tested were found to have antibodies against the two mycoplasma species, suggesting that the camels are not potential carriers of the main causative agents of CA.