Skip to main content
PMC home page
Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine logoLink to Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine
. 1975 Oct;39(4):474–475.

The recovery of Mycoplasmas from the genital tracts of bulls in artificial breeding units in Ontarïo.

O Onoviran, R B Truscott, N A Fish, C A Barker, H L Ruhnke
PMCID: PMC1277505  PMID: 1175080

Abstract

One hundred and thirty-two penial-preputial swabbings, 140 raw and 42 processed semen samples were cultured for mycoplasmas. Mycoplasma or acholeplasma were recovered from 87, 32 and one respectively, while ureaplasmas were recovered from 46, 34 and six respectively.

Full text

PDF
474

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Blom E., Erno H. Mycoplasmosis: infections of the genital organs of bulls. Acta Vet Scand. 1967;8(2):186–188. doi: 10.1186/BF03547844. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. CLYDE W. A., Jr MYCOPLASMA SPECIES IDENTIFICATION BASED UPON GROWTH INHIBITION BY SPECIFIC ANTISERA. J Immunol. 1964 Jun;92:958–965. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Davies G. Isolation of mycoplasma from calf lungs. J Comp Pathol. 1967 Oct;77(4):353–357. doi: 10.1016/0021-9975(67)90019-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Erno H. Mycoplasmosis: serology of infections in the genital tract of bulls. Infect Immun. 1972 Jan;5(1):20–23. doi: 10.1128/iai.5.1.20-23.1972. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Erno H., Plastridge W. N., Tourtellotte M. E. Mycoplasma: isolation from prepuce and semen of bulls. Acta Vet Scand. 1967;8(2):123–135. doi: 10.1186/BF03547838. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Gourlay R. N. The isolation of T-strains of mycoplasma from pneumonic calf lungs. Res Vet Sci. 1968 Jul;9(4):376–377. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Hirth R. S., Nielsen S. W., Tourtellotte M. E. Characterization and comparative genital tract pathogenicity of bovine mycoplasmas. Infect Immun. 1970 Jul;2(1):101–104. doi: 10.1128/iai.2.1.101-104.1970. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Jasper D. E., al-Aubaidi J. M., Fabricant J. Isolation of Mycoplasma from preputial washings of bulls. Cornell Vet. 1974 Apr;64(2):296–302. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Kunze M. Natrium-Polyanethol-Sulfonat als diagnostisches Hilfsmittel bei der Differenzierung von Mykoplasmen. Zentralbl Bakteriol Orig. 1971;216(4):501–505. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Langford E. V. Mycoplasma species recovered from the reproductive tracts of western Canadian cows. Can J Comp Med. 1975 Apr;39(2):133–138. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Rosendal S., Black F. T. Direct and indirect immunofluorescence of unfixed and fixed Mycoplasma colonies. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand B Microbiol Immunol. 1972;80(4):615–622. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1972.tb00186.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Ruhnke H. L. Isolation of an apparently new species of Mycoplasma from cattle. Vet Rec. 1975 Mar 1;96(9):203–203. doi: 10.1136/vr.96.9.203. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Taylor-Robinson D., Williams M. H., Haig D. A. The isolation and comparative biological and physical characteristics of T-mycoplasmas of cattle. J Gen Microbiol. 1968 Nov;54(1):33–46. doi: 10.1099/00221287-54-1-33. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. al-Aubaidi J. M., McEntee K., Lein D. H., Roberts S. J. Bovine seminal vesiculitis and epididymitis caused by Mycoplasma bovigenitalium. Cornell Vet. 1972 Oct;62(4):581–586. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine are provided here courtesy of Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

RESOURCES