| Identification of Mycoplasmas which cause contagious agalactia from goats, in Isfahan province |
| Paper ID : 1061-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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Vahid Noaman *1, Mohammad Reza Heidari2, Mehdi Ataei2 1Amirieh Town, P. O. Box: 81785-199 2Animal Science Research Department, Isfahan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO , Isfahan, Iran |
| Abstract |
| Contagious agalactia is a disease syndrom of small ruminants characterised by mastitis, arthritis, keratoconjunctivitis and occasionally, abortion. Mycoplasma agalactiae is the main cause of the disease in sheep and goat, but M. mycoides, M.capricolum and M. putrefaciens have been shown to cause similar disease, at times accompained by pneumonia.In this study that carried out during 4 Seasons, milk, Ear, ocullar and Synovial samples were collected from involved goats with clinical sign of 5 cities from Isfahan province based on veterinary organization reports. For each case a standard questionnaire was prepared and completed. 54 samples examined by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of the Mycoplasma genus and M. agalactiae species. In goats 27.8%, 50% and 0% of samples were positive in culture, genus-PCR and species-PCR, respectively. To summerize the finding of this study indicated that not only M. agalactiae but also other Mycoplasma species are associated with contagious agalactia syndrome in goats of Iran. |
| Keywords |
| Contagious agalactia, goat, identification, Isfahan |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |