The prevalence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mycoplasma arginini in the respiratory tract of sheep |
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| Authors: | M.R. Alley B.V.Sc. Janet R. Quinlan B.Sc. J.K. Clarke B.Sc. Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health , Massey University , Palmerston North;2. Department of Microbiology and Genetics , Massey University , Palmerston North |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Extract In an initial study of mycoplasmas of the respiratory tract of New Zealand sheep a number of strains of mycoplasma were recovered and identified as either M. ovipneumoniae or M. arginini (Clarke et al., 1974 Clarke, J. K., Brown, V. G. and Alley, M. R. 1974. Isolation and identification of mycoplasmas from the respiratory tract of sheep in New Zealand. N.Z. vet. J., 22: 117–121. [Taylor &; Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]). Investigations in Australia have produced evidence that M. ovipneumoniae is associated with a proliferative interstitial pneumonia in Queensland sheep (Sullivan et al., 1973 Sullivan, N. D., St. George, T. D. and Horsfall, N. 1973. A proliferative interstitial pneumonia of sheep associated with mycoplasma infection. I. Natural history of the disease in a flock. Aust. vet. J., 49: 57–62. [Google Scholar]) and for this reason the present survey was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of mycoplasmas in the respiratory tract of sheepin New Zealand. |
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