Contagious agalactia due to Mycoplasma spp. in small dairy ruminants: Epidemiology and prospects for diagnosis and control

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-56

  Gómez Martín, Ángel ^a   Amores, Joaquín ^a   Paterna, Ana ^a   De la Fe, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contagious agalactia; Control; Epidemiology; Mycoplasma agalactiae; Small dairy ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; MARBOFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BALANITIS; BOVIDS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTAGIOUS AGALACTIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MASTITIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SHEEP DISEASE; TAXONOMY; VACCINATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VULVITIS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM SUBSP. CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. CAPRI; MYCOPLASMA PUTREFACIENS; MYCOPLASMATALES; OVIS ARIES;

CONTAGIOUS AGALACTIA; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; SMALL DAIRY RUMINANTS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LACTATION DISORDERS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84887610671     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.04.015     Document Type: Review

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