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Published in final edited form as: FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2012 Dec 1;66(3):307–322. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.01010.x

Table 2.

Qualitative bacteriological examination and frequency of ‘severe agalactia’ in lactating ewes inoculated intramammarily with 10⁹ viable cfu of Mycoplasma agalactiae

Inoculum/Sheep No.	Day 1	Day 2	Day 5	Day 8	Day 12	Day 15	Day 19	Day 22	Day 26
PLM
6	+	SA	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
7	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
8	+	SA	+	+	+	++	+	+	+
9	+	+	+	+	++	+	+	+	+
10	+	SA/+^*	+	+	− ^†	+	+	SA	SA
PG2
11	++	+	++	++	++	++	++	++	++
12	+	+	+	+	++	++	+	+	SA/+^*
13	+	+	+	+^‡	+	+	++	+	+
14	+	++	+	+	++	+	++	+	+
15	+	++	+	+	+	+	+	+	++

+, positive for right udder; ++, positive for right and left udder; SA, severe agalactia referring to the complete loss of any secretion from right udder.

Positive for left udder.

^†

The presence of M. agalactiae could not be assessed because of bacterial contamination in the right and udder milk samples of these two ewes, respectively.

^‡

The presence of M. agalactiae could not be assessed because of bacterial contamination in the left and udder milk samples of these two ewes, respectively