<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Introduction: Several Mycoplasma species can cause severe diseases in ruminant hosts, some of which are the diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The role of the Cervidae family in carrying and transmitting ruminant mycoplasma infections in Poland is unknown. Material and Methods: Antibody and antigen detection tests for the main mycoplasma species that can affect wild ruminants were performed on 237 samples (serum, nasal swab, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung) collected from 161 animals during 2011-2014. The samples were obtained from a cull of healthy population of deer which included: 96 red deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus), 19 fallow deer (Dama dama), and 46 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Results: Serological screening tests revealed positive reactions to Mycoplasma bovis in one sample and to Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in three samples; however, these three samples were negative by immunoblotting. Other antibody and antigen detection tests demonstrated negative results. Conclusion: Currently wild cervids in Poland do not play a significant role in transmitting mycoplasma infections to domestic animals, but they remain a potential risk.</p></abstract>

Introduction: Several Mycoplasma species can cause severe diseases in ruminant hosts, some of which are the diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The role of the Cervidae family in carrying and transmitting ruminant mycoplasma infections in Poland is unknown. Material and Methods: Antibody and antigen detection tests for the main mycoplasma species that can affect wild ruminants were performed on 237 samples (serum, nasal swab, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung) collected from 161 animals during 2011-2014. The samples were obtained from a cull of healthy population of deer which included: 96 red deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus), 19 fallow deer (Dama dama), and 46 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Results: Serological screening tests revealed positive reactions to Mycoplasma bovis in one sample and to Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in three samples; however, these three samples were negative by immunoblotting. Other antibody and antigen detection tests demonstrated negative results. Conclusion: Currently wild cervids in Poland do not play a significant role in transmitting mycoplasma infections to domestic animals, but they remain a potential risk.

Screening of the Cervidae family in Poland for Mycoplasma species

Department of Cattle and Sheep Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, 24-100 Pulawy,

Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB,

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Journal of Veterinary Research

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Introduction: Several Mycoplasma species can cause severe diseases in ruminant hosts, some of which are the diseases listed by the World Organisation for...

Screening of the Cervidae family in Poland for Mycoplasma species

Published Online: Dec 17, 2016

Page range: 399 - 402

Received: Jun 01, 2016

Accepted: Nov 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jvetres-2016-0059

Keywords
Cervidae family, ruminant mycoplasmas, epidemiology, testing, Poland

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Screening of the Cervidae family in Poland for Mycoplasma species

Published Online: Dec 17, 2016

Page range: 399 - 402

Received: Jun 01, 2016

Accepted: Nov 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jvetres-2016-0059

KeywordsCervidae family, ruminant mycoplasmas, epidemiology, testing, Poland

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cervidae family, ruminant mycoplasmas, epidemiology, testing, Poland