Haemotrophic Mycoplasma infection in horses.
- Dieckmann SM Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Winkler M
- Groebel K
- Dieckmann MP
- Hofmann-Lehmann R
- Hoelzle K
- Wittenbrink MM
- Hoelzle LE
- 2010-05-11
Published in:
- Veterinary microbiology. - 2010
Animals
Base Sequence
DNA, Bacterial
Hematologic Diseases
Horse Diseases
Horses
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma Infections
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sequence Alignment
English
Haemotrophic mycoplasmas (HM) are parasites on the surface of red blood cells and known to infect a wide range of animals. However, there are no previous evidences of HM infections in horses. In this study HM were detected for the first time in the blood of two horses suffering from poor performance, apathy, weight loss, and anaemia. Using a HM specific PCR assay and subsequent sequencing the infective agents isolated from the blood of said horses were confirmed as closely related to the HM species Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos'.
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- English
- Open access status
- green
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- DOI 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.009
- PMID 20452151
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/162391
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