Epidemiology of Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma mycoides cluster in flocks of northeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to investigate contagious agalactia (CA) in flocks from Pernambuco State. The study involved 225 goats and 63 ewes; 288 milk samples and 100 vaginal swabs were collected in total. The PCR assays were carried out using specific primers to Mycoplasma agalactiae and th...

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Main Authors: Sandra Batista dos Santos, Renata Pimentel Bandeira de Melo, Luana Thamires Rapôso da Silva, Júnior Mário Baltazar de Oliveira, Atzel Candido Acosta Abad, José Wilton Pinheiro Júnior, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-04-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000400452&lng=en&tlng=en