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Hurri E, Alvåsen K, Widgren S, Ohlson A, Aspán A, Pedersen K, Tråvén M. A longitudinal study of the dynamics of Mycoplasma bovis antibody status in primiparous cows and bulk tank milk in Swedish dairy herds. J Dairy Sci 2024:S0022-0302(24)01205-0. [PMID: 39389299 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2024-25304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 10/12/2024]
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Mycoplasma (M.) bovis is an important pathogen causing pneumonia, mastitis, and arthritis in cattle all over the world entailing reduced animal welfare and economic losses. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the presence of M. bovis antibodies in bulk tank milk (BTM) and in milk from primiparous (PP) cows at 4 sampling occasions over 2 years. Herd characteristics associated with a positive antibody test result in PP cows were investigated. The participating dairy herds (n = 149) were situated in southern Sweden, samples were collected and analyzed with ID Screen antibody ELISA. Information on herd characteristics was retrieved from the national Dairy Herd Improvement database. To identify herd characteristics associated with the presence of antibodies in PP cows, mixed linear regression with herd and sample as random factors were used. The apparent herd-level prevalence of M. bovis infection based on antibodies in BTM was 17% but with the addition of PP cows the prevalence increased to 28%. The results showed that larger herds and introduction of cattle was associated with higher antibody levels in PP cows. In conclusion, this study showed a clear difference in the apparent prevalence of M. bovis infection based on antibodies in BTM or in PP cows, the no. of positive herds were almost doubled when including PP cows. This motivates repeated sampling of a few PP cows to find newly infected herds in an early stage. Finally, the results showed that introduction of cattle influences the level of M. bovis antibodies. This is important in the control and prevention of further spread of the infection. It is essential for free herds to know their M. bovis status and antibody testing is highly recommended if introducing cattle.
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- E Hurri
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Disease Control and Epidemiology, Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Animal health, Växa Sverige, SE-112 51 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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Biesheuvel MM, Kalbfleisch K, De Buck J, van Engelen E, van Schaik G, Moroni P, Gioia G, Nobrega D, Samera GJ, Adams PJ, Walcott JR, Barkema HW. Impact of carbon dioxide concentrations on laboratory sensitivity of Mycoplasma species isolated from dairy cows. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0094624. [PMID: 39162555 PMCID: PMC11448075 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00946-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024] Open
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Conventional Mycoplasma spp. diagnostics involve culture, often considered the gold standard in diagnostic test evaluation. However, culture protocols lack empirical derivation and primarily adhere to National Mastitis Council recommendations, tracing back to initial cultivation of Mycoplasma bovis. Despite a wide range of carbon dioxide (CO2) supplementation reported in literature, specific impacts of CO2 on Mycoplasma spp. growth remain unexplored. Our objective was to assess the effect of CO2 concentration on growth detection rates of 24 Mycoplasma spp. isolates from dairy cows. These isolates, mainly M. bovis, were incubated at 37°C in triplicate and three dilution ranges under three CO2 conditions: ambient air or 5% CO2 or 10% CO2. Bacterial growth was evaluated on incubation days 3, 5, 7, and 10. When cultured using ambient air, log10 cfu/mL was lower on days 3, 5, and 7 of incubation compared with isolates incubated in the recommended 5% or 10% CO2, with less variation observed in ambient air compared with 5% or 10% CO2. However, by 10 days of incubation, no differences in the detection of observable growth were noted among isolates incubated in ambient air, 5% CO2, or 10% CO2. Consequently, Mycoplasma spp. isolated from dairy cattle demonstrated growth after the recommended 7-10 days of culture, even in the absence of supplemental CO2. Given the expected concentration of M. bovis in (sub)clinical samples had similar concentrations to those used in our study, with the majority of isolates being M. bovis, we recommend expanding CO2 concentration ranges in M. bovis culture from 10% CO2 to ambient air when incubating for 10 days. However, the turnaround time could be shortened when incubating with supplemental CO2. IMPORTANCE Current Mycoplasma spp. culture protocols lack empirical derivation concerning carbon dioxide (CO2) supplementation and are primarily based on the initial cultivation of Mycoplasma bovis. This study indicates that the suitable range for CO2 supplementation is broader than what is currently recommended by the National Mastitis Council for culturing within the specified 7-10 days. No differences in bacterial growth detection rates were observed among ambient air, 5% CO2, or 10% CO2 supplementation during the 7- and 10-day incubation intervals. These new insights provide evidence supporting the possibility of culturing Mycoplasma spp. under ambient air conditions in a laboratory setting.
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- Marit M. Biesheuvel
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Royal GD, Deventer, The Netherlands
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Dipartimento Medicina Veterinaria e Scienze Animali, Universita' Degli Studi di Milano, Lodi, Italy
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Applied Genomic Centre, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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- Applied Genomic Centre, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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- Applied Genomic Centre, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Vulikh K, Burrows D, Perez-Casal J, Tabatabaei S, Caswell JL. Effects of inflammatory stimuli on the development of Mycoplasma bovis pneumonia in experimentally challenged calves. Vet Microbiol 2024; 297:110203. [PMID: 39089141 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2024] [Revised: 06/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/03/2024]
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Many cattle infected with Mycoplasma bovis remain healthy while others develop severe chronic respiratory disease. We hypothesized that inflammatory stimuli such as co-pathogens worsen disease outcomes in M. bovis-infected calves. Calves (n=24) were intrabronchially inoculated with M. bovis and either killed bacterial lysate, transient M. haemolytica infection, or saline. Caseonecrotic lesions developed in 7/7 animals given M. haemolytica and M. bovis compared to 2/8 given M. bovis with no inflammatory stimulus, and 6/9 animals given bacterial lysate and M. bovis (P=0.01). Animals receiving M. haemolytica and M. bovis had more caseonecrotic foci in lungs than those receiving M. bovis with no inflammatory stimulus (median = 21 vs 0; P = 0.01), with an intermediate response (median = 5) in animals given bacterial lysate. In addition to caseonecrotic foci, infected animals developed neutrophilic bronchiolitis that appeared to develop into caseonecrotic foci, peribronchiolar lymphocytic cuffs that were not associated with the other lesions, and 4 animals with bronchiolitis obliterans. The data showed that transient lung inflammation at the time of M. bovis infection provoked the development of caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia, and the severity of inflammation influenced the number of caseonecrotic foci that developed. In contrast, caseonecrotic lesions were few or absent in M. bovis-infected calves without a concurrent inflammatory stimulus. These studies provide insight into how caseonecrotic lesions develop within the lung of M. bovis-infected calves. This and other studies suggest that controlling co-pathogens and harmful inflammatory responses in animals infected with M. bovis could potentially minimize development of M. bovis caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia.
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- Ksenia Vulikh
- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, 120 Veterinary Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
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Bokma J, Kaske M, Vermijlen J, Stuyvaert S, Pardon B. Diagnostic performance of Mycoplasmopsis bovis antibody ELISA tests on bulk tank milk from dairy herds. BMC Vet Res 2024; 20:81. [PMID: 38443962 PMCID: PMC10916218 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-024-03927-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Testing of bulk tank milk (BTM) for Mycoplasmopsis bovis (previously Mycoplasma bovis) antibodies is increasingly popular. However the performance of some commercially available tests is unknown, and cutoff values possibly need to be adjusted in light of the purpose. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of three commercially available M. bovis antibody ELISAs on BTM, and to explore optimal cutoff values for screening purposes. A prospective diagnostic test accuracy study was performed on 156 BTM samples from Belgian and Swiss dairy farms using Bayesian Latent Class Analysis. Samples were initially classified using manufacturer cutoff values, followed by generated values. RESULTS Following the manufacturer's guidelines, sensitivity of 91.4%, 25.6%, 69.2%, and specificity of 67.2%, 96.8%, 85.8% were observed for ID-screen, Bio K432, and Bio K302, respectively. Optimization of cutoffs resulted in a sensitivity of 89.0%, 82.0%, and 85.5%, and a specificity of 83.4%, 75.1%, 77.2%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The ID-screen showed the highest diagnostic performance after optimization of cutoff values, and could be useful for screening. Both Bio-X tests may be of value for diagnostic or confirmation purposes due to their high specificity.
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- Jade Bokma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction, and Population Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Swiss Bovine Health Service, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction, and Population Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction, and Population Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Gandhi NN, Inzana TJ, Rajagopalan P. Bovine Airway Models: Approaches for Investigating Bovine Respiratory Disease. ACS Infect Dis 2023; 9:1168-1179. [PMID: 37257116 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a multifactorial condition where different genera of bacteria, such as Mannheimia haemolytica, Histophilus somni, Pasteurella multocida, and Mycoplasma bovis, and viruses, like bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and bovine herpes virus-1, infect the lower respiratory tract of cattle. These pathogens can co-infect cells in the respiratory system, thereby making specific treatment very difficult. Currently, the most common models for studying BRD include a submerged tissue culture (STC), where monolayers of epithelial cells are typically covered either in cellular or spent biofilm culture medium. Another model is an air-liquid interface (ALI), where epithelial cells are exposed on their apical side and allowed to differentiate. However, limited work has been reported on the study of three-dimensional (3D) bovine models that incorporate multiple cell types to represent the architecture of the respiratory tract. The roles of different defense mechanisms in an infected bovine respiratory system, such as mucin production, tight junction barriers, and the production of antimicrobial peptides in in vitro cultures require further investigation in order to provide a comprehensive understanding of the disease pathogenesis. In this report, we describe the different aspects of BRD, including the most implicated pathogens and the respiratory tract, which are important to incorporate in disease models assembled in vitro. Although current advancements of bovine respiratory cultures have led to knowledge of the disease, 3D multicellular organoids that better recapitulate the in vivo environment exhibit potential for future investigations.
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- Neeti N Gandhi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Long Island University, Brookville, New York 11548, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Pickett AT, Cooke RF, Bicalho R, Gouvea VN. Short communication: Analysis of the nasal microbiota in newly received feedlot heifers according to subsequent incidence of bovine respiratory disease. J Anim Sci 2023; 101:skad153. [PMID: 37184097 PMCID: PMC10243962 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skad153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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This study compared the relative abundance of bacteria in the nasal cavity of high-risk beef heifers at feedlot arrival according to subsequent incidence of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Angus-influenced heifers (n = 76) were transported for 1,100 km (11 h) to the feedlot (day -1). At feedlot arrival (day 0), heifers were weighed [shrunk body weight (BW) = 234 ± 15 kg] and a nasal cavity swab collected for microbiota analysis. Heifers were ranked by arrival BW and allocated into 6 pens on day 1 where they remained until day 55. Heifers were evaluated daily for BRD signs (days 0 to 55), and a final shrunk BW was recorded on day 56 (16-h feed and water deprivation). Heifers were classified according to number of antimicrobial treatments for BRD received (0, 1, or ≥2), or according to time of the first incidence of BRD signs (no incidence [NOBRD], early incidence [EARLY; 4.1 ± 0.1 d, ranging from 3 to 6 d], or late incidence [LATE; 18.5 ± 9.6 d, ranging from 10 to 28 d]). Average daily gain decreased linearly (P = 0.04) according to number of BRD treatments, and was less (P = 0.04) in LATE and tended (P = 0.08) to be less in EARLY compared with NOBRD. The abundance of the Tenericutes phylum increased linearly (P < 0.01), while the abundance of other phyla (e.g., Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes) decreased linearly (P ≤ 0.05) and phyla diversity tended to decrease linearly (P = 0.10) according to number of BRD treatments. Heifers classified as EARLY had greater (P = 0.01) abundance of Tenericutes compared with NOBRD, whereas Tenericutes abundance in LATE heifers was intermediate and did not differ (P = 0.22) compared with EARLY and NOBRD. The abundance of Mycoplasma genus increased linearly (P < 0.01) while the abundance of other genera (e.g., Corynebacterium and Blautia) and genera diversity decreased linearly (P ≤ 0.03) according to number of BRD treatments. Heifers classified as EARLY had greater (P = 0.01) abundance of Mycoplasma and reduced (P = 0.01) genera diversity compared with NOBRD, and values noted in LATE heifers for these variables were intermediate and not different (P ≥ 0.27) compared with EARLY and NOBRD. Hence, heifers that developed BRD during the experiment had altered nasal microbiota at arrival compared with heifers that remained healthy, particularly increased prevalence of Tenericutes and Mycoplasma. Such differences in nasal microbiota were heightened in heifers that developed BRD shortly after arrival, or that required multiple antimicrobial treatments.
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- Autumn T Pickett
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- FERA Diagnostics and Biologicals, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
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Eating the Enemy: Mycoplasma Strategies to Evade Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) Promoting Bacterial Nucleotides Uptake and Inflammatory Damage. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232315030. [PMID: 36499356 PMCID: PMC9740415 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Neutrophils are effector cells involved in the innate immune response against infection; they kill infectious agents in the intracellular compartment (phagocytosis) or in the extracellular milieu (degranulation). Moreover, neutrophils release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), complex structures composed of a scaffold of decondensed DNA associated with histones and antimicrobial compounds; NETs entrap infectious agents, preventing their spread and promoting their clearance. NET formation is triggered by microbial compounds, but many microorganisms have evolved several strategies for NET evasion. In addition, the dysregulated production of NETs is associated with chronic inflammatory diseases. Mycoplasmas are reduced genome bacteria, able to induce chronic infections with recurrent inflammatory symptoms. Mycoplasmas' parasitic lifestyle relies on metabolite uptake from the host. Mycoplasmas induce NET release, but their surface or secreted nucleases digest the NETs' DNA scaffold, allowing them to escape from entrapment and providing essential nucleotide precursors, thus promoting the infection. The presence of Mycoplasma species has been associated with chronic inflammatory disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, and cancer. The persistence of mycoplasma infection and prolonged NET release may contribute to the onset of chronic inflammatory diseases and needs further investigation and insights.
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Decomposing virulence to understand bacterial clearance in persistent infections. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5023. [PMID: 36028497 PMCID: PMC9418333 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32118-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Following an infection, hosts cannot always clear the pathogen, instead either dying or surviving with a persistent infection. Such variation is ecologically and evolutionarily important because it can affect infection prevalence and transmission, and virulence evolution. However, the factors causing variation in infection outcomes, and the relationship between clearance and virulence are not well understood. Here we show that sustained persistent infection and clearance are both possible outcomes across bacterial species showing a range of virulence in Drosophila melanogaster. Variation in virulence arises because of differences in the two components of virulence: bacterial infection intensity inside the host (exploitation), and the amount of damage caused per bacterium (per parasite pathogenicity). As early-phase exploitation increased, clearance rates later in the infection decreased, whereas there was no apparent effect of per parasite pathogenicity on clearance rates. Variation in infection outcomes is thereby determined by how virulence - and its components - relate to the rate of pathogen clearance. Taken together we demonstrate that the virulence decomposition framework is broadly applicable and can provide valuable insights into host-pathogen interactions.
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Valeris-Chacin R, Powledge S, McAtee T, Morley PS, Richeson J. Mycoplasma bovis is associated with Mannheimia haemolytica during acute bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:946792. [PMID: 35979489 PMCID: PMC9376970 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.946792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) represents a significant burden to the health of feedlot cattle and the profitability of the beef industry in the US. Mannheimia haemolytica is widely regarded as the primary bacterial pathogen driving acute BRD. While Mycoplasma bovis is most commonly implicated in chronic cases of BRD, this agent's potential role in acute stages of BRD is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate potential associations between M. bovis and M. haemolytica during acute BRD in feedlot cattle. Nasal swabs (n = 1,044) were collected over time from feedlot cattle (n = 270) enrolled in an experiment assessing the effect of vaccination for Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV). Swabs were analyzed for detection of M. bovis, M. haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and BRSV via multiplex qPCR assays. Data were analyzed using inverse conditional probability weighted (ICPW) logistic regression models to investigate potential effects of M. bovis presence on arrival (d0), day seven (d7) and day 14 (d14) post-arrival on M. haemolytica prevalence on day 28 (d28) post-arrival, adjusting for the previous history of P. multocida, H. somni, BRSV, BRD morbidity, and body weight. The potential association between time-to-BRD detection and M. bovis presence on d0, d7, and d14 post-arrival, was inferred via an ICPW time-to-event model. The presence of M. bovis in nasal swabs collected on d7 post-arrival was significantly associated with an increase in the prevalence of M. haemolytica on d28 (prevalence difference: 45%; 95% Confidence Interval: 31%, 60%; P-value < 0.001). Significant time-varying coefficients for M. bovis presence were detected at d0, d7, and d14 post-arrival in the ICPW time-to-event model (P-value < 0.001). The shortest median time-to-BRD detection was 29 days in cattle that were M. bovis positive on d0, d7, and d14 post-arrival and in those that were positive on d0 and d14 post-arrival. Under the conditions of this study, our findings suggest that M. bovis may be influencing the respiratory environment during the acute phase of BRD, increasing the abundance of M. haemolytica, which could have important impacts on the occurrence of BRD.
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- Robert Valeris-Chacin
- Veterinary Education, Research, and Outreach (VERO), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
- *Correspondence: Robert Valeris-Chacin
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, United States
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, United States
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- Veterinary Education, Research, and Outreach (VERO), Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, United States
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, United States
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Farzaneh M, Derakhshandeh A, Al-Farha AABA, Petrovski K, Hemmatzadeh F. A novel phage-displayed MilA ELISA for detection of antibodies against Myc. bovis in bovine milk. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 133:1496-1505. [PMID: 35686656 PMCID: PMC9545076 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to assess a phage-displayed MilA protein of Myc. bovis in an indirect ELISA for the detection of Myc. bovis antibodies in milk samples. METHODS AND RESULTS The desired sequence of milA gene was synthesized and cloned into pCANTAB-F12 phagemid vector. The expression of the MilA on the phage surface was confirmed by Western blotting. The recombinant phage was used in the development of an indirect ELISA to detect Myc. bovis antibodies in milk samples. There was a significant agreement between the results of phage-based ELISA and recombinant GST-MilA ELISA for the detection of Myc. bovis antibodies in milk samples. CONCLUSIONS The inexpensive and convenient phage-based ELISA can be used instead of recombinant protein/peptide ELISA as an initial screening of Myc. bovis-associated mastitis. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF STUDY Mastitis associated with Myc. bovis is a continuous and serious problem in the dairy industry. Sero-monitoring of Myc. bovis infection cases are one of the key factors for surveillance of the infections in dairy farms. Despite the existence of some commercially serological assays for Myc. bovis antibodies, they have some limitations regarding their sensitivity and availability. The development of accurate diagnosis tools could contribute to control programmes of Myc. bovis-associated mastitis in the dairy herds.
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- Mina Farzaneh
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Animal Production, Technical Agricultural College, Northern Technical University, Mosul, Iraq
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- Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, The University of Adelaide, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, South Australia, Australia.,Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.,School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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Oucheriah Y, Heleili N, Colin A, Mottet C, Tardy F, Becker CAM. Prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in Algeria and Characterisation of the Isolated Clones. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:910799. [PMID: 35669175 PMCID: PMC9163989 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.910799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is common in calves in Algeria, but to date, Mycoplasma bovis has never been monitored as a potential etiological agent. Here, to assess the presence (direct detection) and circulation (indirect detection) of M. bovis, broncho-alveolar lavage fluids (BALF) and serum samples were collected from 60 veal calf farms in Algeria. A commercial ELISA kit (ID Screen® ELISA) was used to screen for the presence of specific antibodies against M. bovis in 351 blood sera collected from both diseased and healthy calves, and 69% (241 sera) tested positive. BALFs from the 176 diseased calves were used to screen for M. bovis by real-time-PCR (rt-PCR), and 102 (58%) tested positive. A non-exhaustive set of 53 clones were isolated from 44 calves and further subtyped using polC gene sequencing. No predominant subtype was found, and two clones exhibited a new subtype. Fourteen clones were further characterized by multilocus sequence typing, and results showed a high degree of genetic diversity, with some clones having new alleles and subtypes. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 5 antimicrobials regularly used to treat BRD was determined on 45 clones. Susceptibility profiles showed very broad diversity, confirming the variety of clones actively circulating. We detected clones with high MICs, including increased MICs of enrofloxacin (n = 5). This is the first study to report the presence of M. bovis in Algeria in calves with BRD. This research also finds broad genetic and phenotypic diversity in the actively circulating isolates.
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- Université de Batna, Laboratoire de Recherche ESPA, Batna, Algeria
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- Université de Lyon, Anses, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Anses, UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Marcy l'Etoile, France
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- Université de Lyon, Anses, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Anses, UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Marcy l'Etoile, France
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Menghwar H, Perez-Casal J. Comparative genomic analysis of Canadian Mycoplasma bovis strains isolated from Bison and Cattle. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2022; 87:101835. [PMID: 35751915 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) in cattle causes pneumonia, arthritis, otitis media, and mastitis. In addition, multiple outbreaks have been recorded in North American bison. The genomic data on Canadian M. bovis in bison and cattle to date is limited. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was used to assess the degree of genome conservation across four Canadian M. bovis strains recovered from bison and cattle. Whole-genome sequences of four M. bovis isolates (Mb1, Mb160, Mb300, Mb304) and the PG45 reference genome were utilized to identify the M. bovis genomic similarity, whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (WGS-SNP), virulence determinants, and genomic islands. The pan-genome analysis showed that M. bovis encodes a minimum of 971 genes, while the core genome contained 637 genes. Comparative genomics revealed limited diversity in gene content between bison and cattle isolates. Whole-genome SNP analysis showed that the four M. bovis isolates differed from each other and to PG45. A total of 40 putative virulence genes associated with adhesion, colonization, and destruction of tissues were found in the bison and cattle isolates using the virulence factors database (VFDB). These putative virulence factors were equally distributed among isolates. Genomic Islands (GIs) ranging from 4 to 9 and associated with transposases, restriction-modification, ribosomal hypothetical proteins, variable surface lipoproteins, and unknowns were also identified. Overall, the genomic characterization of these isolates may provide new insights into the mechanisms of pathogenicity in M. bovis.
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- Harish Menghwar
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E3, Canada.
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E3, Canada
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Ranjitkar S, Duan JE, Srirattana K, Alqahtani F, Tulman ER, Mandoiu I, Venkitanarayanan K, Tian X. Transcriptomic Responses of Mycoplasma bovis Upon Treatments of trans-Cinnamaldehyde, Carvacrol, and Eugenol. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:888433. [PMID: 35733968 PMCID: PMC9207385 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.888433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is an insidious, wall-less primary bacterial pathogen that causes bovine pneumonia, mid-ear infection, mastitis, and arthritis. The economic losses caused by M. bovis due to culling, diminished milk production, and feed conversion are underestimated because of poor diagnosis/recognition. Treatment with common antibiotics targeting the cell wall is ineffective. Plant-derived antimicrobials (PDAs) such as food-grade trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC), eugenol (EU), and carvacrol (CAR) are inexpensive and generally regarded as safe for humans and animals yet possess strong anti-bacterial properties. In preliminary studies, we found that all three PDAs inhibited the growth of M. bovis in vitro. Through RNA sequencing, we report here that CAR affected the expression of 153 genes which included the downregulation of energy generation-related proteins, pentose phosphate pathway, and upregulation of ribosomes and translation-related proteins. Few differentially expressed genes were found when M. bovis was treated with TC, EU, or when the three PDAs were double or triple combined. Our results suggest that, as opposed to the effect of CAR, the growth-inhibitory effects of TC and EU at levels tested may be exerted through mechanisms other than gene expression regulations.
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- Saurav Ranjitkar
- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- National Center for Bioinformatics, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
- *Correspondence: Xiuchun Tian,
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Centeno-Martinez RE, Glidden N, Mohan S, Davidson JL, Fernández-Juricic E, Boerman JP, Schoonmaker J, Pillai D, Koziol J, Ault A, Verma MS, Johnson TA. Identification of bovine respiratory disease through the nasal microbiome. Anim Microbiome 2022; 4:15. [PMID: 35193707 PMCID: PMC8862248 DOI: 10.1186/s42523-022-00167-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an ongoing health and economic challenge in the dairy and beef cattle industries. Multiple risk factors make an animal susceptible to BRD. The presence of Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and Mycoplasma bovis in lung tissues have been associated with BRD mortalities, but they are also commonly present in the upper respiratory tract of healthy animals. This study aims to compare the cattle nasal microbiome (diversity, composition and community interaction) and the abundance of BRD pathogens (by qPCR) in the nasal microbiome of Holstein steers that are apparently healthy (Healthy group, n = 75) or with BRD clinical signs (BRD group, n = 58). We then used random forest models based on nasal microbial community and qPCR results to classify healthy and BRD-affected animals and determined the agreement with the visual clinical signs. Additionally, co-occurring species pairs were identified in visually BRD or healthy animal groups. RESULTS Cattle in the BRD group had lower alpha diversity than pen-mates in the healthy group. Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) from Trueperella pyogenes, Bibersteinia and Mycoplasma spp. were increased in relative abundance in the BRD group, while ASVs from Mycoplasma bovirhinis and Clostridium sensu stricto were increased in the healthy group. Prevalence of H. somni (98%) and P. multocida (97%) was high regardless of BRD clinical signs whereas M. haemolytica (81 and 61%, respectively) and M. bovis (74 and 51%, respectively) were more prevalent in the BRD group than the healthy group. In the BRD group, the abundance of M. haemolytica and M. bovis was increased, while H. somni abundance was decreased. Visual observation of clinical signs agreed with classification by the nasal microbial community (misclassification rate of 32%) and qPCR results (misclassification rate 34%). Co-occurrence analysis demonstrated that the nasal microbiome of BRD-affected cattle presented fewer bacterial associations than healthy cattle. CONCLUSIONS This study offers insight into the prevalence and abundance of BRD pathogens and the differences in the nasal microbiome between healthy and BRD animals. This suggests that nasal bacterial communities provide a potential platform for future studies and potential pen-side diagnostic testing.
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- Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Tech University, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Maya-Rodríguez LM, Carrillo-Casas EM, Rojas-Trejo V, Trigo-Tavera F, Miranda-Morales RE. Prevalence of three Mycoplasma sp. by multiplex PCR in cattle with and without respiratory disease in central Mexico. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:394. [PMID: 36417039 PMCID: PMC9685072 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03398-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study aimed to identify Mycoplasma bovis, Myc. dispar, and Myc. bovirhinis, which are involved in bovine respiratory disease through a multiplex PCR as an alternative to culture's features that hamper Mycoplasma isolation. Nasal swabs were taken from 335 cattle with and without respiratory disease background (RDB) from dairy herds in the central region of Mexico. Each sample was divided in two; the first part was processed for the direct DNA extraction of the nasal swab and the second for Mycoplasma isolation, culture, and then the multiplex PCR was performed. In the nasal swabs, Myc. bovis was identified in 21.1%; Myc. dispar, in 11.8%; and Myc. bovirhinis, in 10.8% in cattle with RDB. Isolates were identified as Myc. bovis, 20.1%; Myc. dispar, 11.8%; and Myc. bovirhinis, 6.1%. There is a strong correlation between the presence of Mycoplasma identified by PCR and the clinical history of the disease (ρ < 0.0000). In animals without RDB, Myc. bovirhinis was the only species detected in 6.1% of the samples processed directly for multiplex PCR, and in 2% of the isolates. There is an excellent correlation (kappa 0.803) between the isolation and the 16S PCR and a high correlation (kappa 0.75) between the isolation and the multiplex PCR. Therefore, we conclude that the PCR multiplex test is highly sensitive and may be used for the diagnosis and surveillance of the three species in biological samples and mycoplasma isolates.
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- L. M. Maya-Rodríguez
- grid.9486.30000 0001 2159 0001Laboratorio de Mycoplasmas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia UNAM, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Ciudad Universitaria, 04519 CDMX, CP Mexico
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- grid.414754.70000 0004 6020 7521Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Depto. de Biología Molecular e Histocompatibilidad, Dirección de Investigación, Calz. de Tlalpan 4800, Secc XVI, 14080 Tlalpan CDMX, CP Mexico
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- grid.9486.30000 0001 2159 0001Laboratorio de Mycoplasmas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia UNAM, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Ciudad Universitaria, 04519 CDMX, CP Mexico
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- grid.9486.30000 0001 2159 0001Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia UNAM, Departamento de Patología, Ciudad Universitaria, 04519 CDMX, CP Mexico
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- grid.9486.30000 0001 2159 0001Laboratorio de Mycoplasmas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia UNAM, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Ciudad Universitaria, 04519 CDMX, CP Mexico
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ISASHIKI Y, OHASHI Y, IMATAKE S, BAAKHTARI M, RAMAH A, KIDA T, YANAGITA T, YASUDA M. Studies on the immune status of calves with chronic inflammation and thymus atrophy. J Vet Med Sci 2022; 84:734-742. [PMID: 35400674 PMCID: PMC9246677 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ where the primary T cell repertoire is generated.
Thymus atrophy is induced by various conditions, including infectious diseases,
glucocorticoid treatment, and poor breeding management. Cattle with thymus atrophy tend to
exhibit weak calf syndrome, a condition in which approximately half of neonates die
shortly after birth. Calves with thymus atrophy that survive the first month typically
contract chronic inflammatory diseases. In this study, we analyzed the populations of the
peripheral blood mononuclear cells and thymocytes in calves with thymus atrophy. In
addition, we evaluated polarization of master gene and cytokine mRNA expression in
peripheral blood CD4+ cells in the calves. The population of
CD4+CD8+ cells in thymus of the calves with thymus atrophy was
lower than that of control calves. IL10 mRNA expression in peripheral
blood CD4+ cells of calves with thymus atrophy was significantly lower than
that of control calves. TBX21 mRNA expression in peripheral
CD4+ cells of thymus atrophy calves was tended to be higher than that of the
control group. In addition, FOXP3 mRNA expression in peripheral
CD4+ cells of the thymus atrophy calves was tended to be lower than that of
the control calves. Thymus atrophy calves exhibited chronic inflammatory disease leading,
in severe situations, to conditions such as pneumonia with caseous necrosis. These severe
inflammatory responses likely are due to decreases in IL10 mRNA
expression, impairing control of macrophages, one of the main cell fractions of natural
immunity.
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- Yumi ISASHIKI
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki
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Suwanruengsri M, Uemura R, Kanda T, Fuke N, Nueangphuet P, Pornthummawat A, Yasuda M, Hirai T, Yamaguchi R. Production of granulomas in Mycoplasma bovis infection associated with meningitis-meningoencephalitis, endocarditis, and pneumonia in cattle. J Vet Diagn Invest 2021; 34:68-76. [PMID: 34802307 DOI: 10.1177/10406387211053254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycoplasma bovis, the most important primary pathogen in the family Mycoplasmataceae, causes pneumonia, arthritis, otitis media, and mastitis in cattle. Histopathologic pulmonary changes associated with M. bovis infection have been characterized as suppurative-to-caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia; infection in other organs has been reported in only a few studies that examined caseonecrotic endocarditis and suppurative meningitis. Granulomatous lesions associated with M. bovis infection have been reported only rarely. We studied the granulomatous inflammation associated with M. bovis infection in several organs of 21 Japanese Black cattle. M. bovis was detected by isolation and loop-mediated isothermal amplification methods; other bacteria were detected using culture on 5% blood sheep agar and a MALDI-TOF MS Biotyper. Tissues were examined by histopathology and by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using anti-M. bovis, anti-Iba1, anti-iNOS, and anti-CD204 antibodies. All 21 cases, which included 2 cases of meningitis-meningoencephalitis, 8 cases of endocarditis, and 11 cases of bronchopneumonia, had caseonecrotic granulomatous inflammation associated with M. bovis infection. The IHC for macrophages revealed a predominance of iNOS-labeled (M1) macrophages in the inner layer of the caseonecrotic granulomas associated with meningitis-meningoencephalitis, endocarditis, and bronchopneumonia in Japanese Black cattle naturally infected with M. bovis.
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- Mathurot Suwanruengsri
- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Animal Health, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Animal Health, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of griculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Effects of inflammatory stimuli on responses of macrophages to Mycoplasma bovis infection. Vet Microbiol 2021; 262:109235. [PMID: 34530231 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Inflammation in the respiratory tract is thought to worsen the disease response to Mycoplasma bovis infection. This study investigated the cells involved in this response with a focus on proteases and cytokines as harmful effector mechanisms. By immunohistochemistry, Mac387-positive macrophages were the main cell type comprising the foci of caseous necrosis in cattle with M. bovis pneumonia. Thus, the study evaluated how priming of different types of macrophages with bacterial lysate (or pro-inflammatory cytokines induced by the bacterial lysate) affected their responses to M. bovis infection. Inducible responses were detected in monocyte-derived macrophages (M1-MDMs and M2-MDMs), whereas pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) were minimally affected by priming or infection. M. bovis-infected MDMs secreted MMP-12 and SPLA2, and priming with pro-inflammatory cytokines increased the secretion of cathepsin B in response to M. bovis infection. Of these, there were higher concentrations of cathepsin B and SPLA2 in lungs with M. bovis pneumonia compared to healthy lungs, and these are potential mechanisms for macrophage-induced lung damage in M. bovis infection. Priming of MDMs with either bacterial lysate or with pro-inflammatory cytokines caused an enhanced response to M. bovis infection with respect to IL-8 and IL-1β secretion. The findings of this study suggest proteases, lipases and cytokines derived from monocyte-derived macrophages as possible mediators by which prior inflammation in the respiratory tract worsen disease outcomes from M. bovis infection.
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Briggs RE, Billing SR, Boatwright WD, Chriswell BO, Casas E, Dassanayake RP, Palmer MV, Register KB, Tatum FM. Protection against Mycoplasma bovis infection in calves following intranasal vaccination with modified-live Mannheimia haemolytica expressing Mycoplasma antigens. Microb Pathog 2021; 161:105159. [PMID: 34454023 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Novel live vaccine strains of Mannheimia haemolytica serotypes (St)1 and St6, expressing and secreting inactive yet immunogenic leukotoxin (leukotoxoid) fused to antigenic domains of Mycoplasma bovis Elongation Factor Tu (EFTu) and Heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 were constructed and tested for efficacy in cattle. Control calves were administered an intranasal mixture of M. haemolytica St1 and St6 mutants (ΔlktCAV4) expressing and secreting leukotoxoid while vaccinated calves were administered an intranasal mixture of like M. haemolytica St1 and St6 leukotoxoid mutants coupled to M. bovis antigens (EFTu-Hsp70-ΔlktCAV4). Both M. haemolytica strains were recovered from palatine tonsils up to 34 days post intranasal exposure. On day 35 all calves were exposed to bovine herpes virus-1, four days later lung challenged with virulent M. bovis, then euthanized up to 20 days post-challenge. Results showed all cattle produced systemic antibody responses against M. haemolytica. The vaccinates also produced systemic antibody responses to M. bovis antigen, and concurrent reductions in temperatures, middle ear infections, joint infection and lung lesions versus the control group. Notably, dramatically decreased lung loads of M. bovis were detected in the vaccinated cattle. These observations indicate that the attenuated M. haemolytica vaccine strains expressing Mycoplasma antigens can control M. bovis infection and disease symptoms in a controlled setting.
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- Robert E Briggs
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA.
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Bringhenti L, Pallu M, Silva JC, Tomazi T, Tomazi ACCH, Rodrigues MX, Cruzado-Bravo M, Bilby TR, Bicalho RC. Effect of treatment of pneumonia and otitis media with tildipirosin or florfenicol + flunixin meglumine on health and upper respiratory tract microbiota of preweaned Holstein dairy heifers. J Dairy Sci 2021; 104:10291-10309. [PMID: 34099293 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The objective of this randomized clinical study was to compare the effect of 2 antimicrobial interventions, tildipirosin or florfenicol + flunixin meglumine, used for treatment of pneumonia and extralabel treatment for otitis on health parameters and upper respiratory tract (URT) microbiota of preweaned Holstein calves. Housed preweaned Holstein heifers diagnosed with either otitis or pneumonia were assigned into 1 of 2 treatment groups, receiving a single subcutaneous injection of either 4 mg/kg of tildipirosin (TLD; n = 444) or 40 mg/kg of florfenicol combined with 2.2 mg/kg of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, flunixin meglumine (FLF; n = 442). Calves were enrolled and treated on the day of diagnosis of the first case of pneumonia or otitis. If a calf had a recurrent case, the opposite drug was administered, respecting an interval of 5 d between drug injections. Blood samples for leukocyte counts were collected at 0, 2, 4, and 6 d after treatment, and rectal temperature was measured daily during the 5 d after treatment. Ear scores were observed from calves with otitis. Additionally, swabs of the URT were collected from a subset of 20 calves in each treatment group at d 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11 following enrollment for analysis of URT microbiota through next-generation sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and quantitative PCR. Swabs were also collected from a comparative group of 20 healthy calves that did not receive any drug. No differences were observed between groups for recurrence risk of either pneumonia (TLD = 32.4%; FLF = 29.7%) or otitis (TLD = 72.7%; FLF = 73.6%). Similarly, no differences were observed for the total number of treatments for pneumonia (TLD = 1.45; FLF = 1.42) or otitis (TLD = 2.96; FLF = 3.07). On the other hand, both drugs reduced rectal temperature, ear scores, and leukocyte counts, with FLF calves having a greater reduction in rectal temperature within 4 d after treatment. Both TLD and FLF reduced the total bacterial load when compared with healthy untreated calves, but no differences were observed between treatment groups. Furthermore, compared with the untreated group, treated calves had lower mean relative abundances (MRA) of the genera Mannheimia, Moraxella, and Pasteurella within 11, 9, and 3 d after treatment, respectively; however, no significant differences were observed between TLD and FLF. On the other hand, MRA of Mycoplasma was not decreased by both treatments compared to untreated animals, and a higher MRA was observed in the TLD group during 11 d after treatment in comparison to FLF and untreated calves. Based on this data, we concluded that both drugs used in the study were effective in reducing rectal temperature, ear scores, leukocyte counts, and MRA of the genera Mannheimia, Pasteurella, and Moraxella in the URT, and calves treated with FLF had a greater reduction in rectal temperature.
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- L Bringhenti
- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401.
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Malmberg JL, O'Toole D, Creekmore T, Peckham E, Killion H, Vance M, Ashley R, Johnson M, Anderson C, Vasquez M, Sandidge D, Mildenberger J, Hull N, Bradway D, Cornish T, Register KB, Sondgeroth KS. Mycoplasma bovis Infections in Free-Ranging Pronghorn, Wyoming, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 26:2807-2814. [PMID: 33219651 PMCID: PMC7706946 DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.191375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is 1 of several bacterial pathogens associated with pneumonia in cattle. Its role in pneumonia of free-ranging ungulates has not been established. Over a 3-month period in early 2019, »60 free-ranging pronghorn with signs of respiratory disease died in northeast Wyoming, USA. A consistent finding in submitted carcasses was severe fibrinosuppurative pleuropneumonia and detection of M. bovis by PCR and immunohistochemical analysis. Multilocus sequence typing of isolates from 4 animals revealed that all have a deletion in 1 of the target genes, adh-1. A retrospective survey by PCR and immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded lung from 20 pronghorn that died with and without pneumonia during 2007–2018 yielded negative results. These findings indicate that a distinct strain of M. bovis was associated with fatal pneumonia in this group of pronghorn.
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García-Galán A, Seva J, Gómez-Martín Á, Ortega J, Rodríguez F, García-Muñoz Á, De la Fe C. Importance and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mycoplasma bovis in Clinical Respiratory Disease in Feedlot Calves. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11051470. [PMID: 34065405 PMCID: PMC8161021 DOI: 10.3390/ani11051470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Bovine respiratory disease is a common health and economic problem that mainly affects calves raised in feedlots. Several viruses and bacteria may be involved, but Mycoplasma bovis can cause disease chronification and poor response to antimicrobial treatment. This study investigated the role of Mycoplasma bovis in cases of clinical respiratory disease unresponsive to treatment that affected feedlot calves in southeast Spain, and tested the in vitro susceptibility of a selection of isolates to the specific set of antimicrobials used for therapy in vivo. Mycoplasma bovis was found in 86.9% (20/23) of the calves, predominantly in the lungs (78.26%; 18/23) where it was involved in pulmonary lesions. Furthermore, the selected isolates were found to be resistant in vitro to most of the antimicrobials specifically used for treating the animals in vivo. These results highlight the implication of Mycoplasma bovis in the bovine respiratory disease affecting feedlot calves in Spain. Abstract Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an important viral and/or bacterial disease that mainly affects feedlot calves. The involvement of Mycoplasma bovis in BRD can lead to chronic pneumonia poorly responsive to antimicrobial treatment. Caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia is a pulmonary lesion typically associated with M. bovis. In Spain, M. bovis is widely distributed in the feedlots and circulating isolates are resistant to most antimicrobials in vitro. However, the role of this species in clinical respiratory disease of feedlot calves remains unknown. Furthermore, available data are relative to a fixed panel of antimicrobials commonly used to treat BRD, but not to the specific set of antimicrobials that have been used for treating each animal. This study examined 23 feedlot calves raised in southeast Spain (2016–2019) with clinical signs of respiratory disease unresponsive to treatment. The presence of M. bovis was investigated through bacteriology (culture and subsequent PCR), histopathology and immunohistochemistry. The pathogen was found in 86.9% (20/23) of the calves, mainly in the lungs (78.26%; 18/23). Immunohistochemistry revealed M. bovis antigens in 73.9% (17/23) of the calves in which caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia was the most frequent lesion (16/17). Minimum inhibitory concentration assays confirmed the resistance of a selection of 12 isolates to most of the antimicrobials specifically used for treating the animals in vivo. These results stress the importance of M. bovis in the BRD affecting feedlot calves in Spain.
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- Ana García-Galán
- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
- Correspondence: (A.G.-G.); (C.D.l.F.)
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- Department of Anatomy and Comparative Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain;
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- Microbiological Agents Associated with Animal Reproduction (ProVaginBIO) Research Group, Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, 46113 Valencia, Spain;
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- Pathology Group, PASAPTA, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Av. Seminario s/n, 46113 Valencia, Spain;
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- Unit of Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute for Animal Health, Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Gran Canaria, Spain;
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- Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, 46113 Valencia, Spain;
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
- Correspondence: (A.G.-G.); (C.D.l.F.)
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Castro MM, Oliveira TESD, Headley SA. Bovine respiratory disease in Brasil: a short review. SEMINA: CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS 2021:2081-2110. [DOI: 10.5433/1679-0359.2021v42n3supl1p2081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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The bovine respiratory disease (BRD) complex is a multifactorial and multietiological disease entity described in all geographic regions of Brazil. This brief review discusses aspects related to epidemiology, etiologic agents, clinical and pathological manifestations, and challenges in the diagnosis of BRD in Brazil. The main infectious disease agents associated with respiratory outbreaks in cattle from Brazil are bovine alphaherpesvirus type 1, bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, and Mycoplasma bovis. Ovine gammaherpesvirus-2 and HoBi-like pestivirus have been associated with the development of pneumonia in adult cattle and calves, respectively in Brazil, and should be considered as possible causes of BRD. Additionally, studies using epidemiological data, histopathological and molecular associations with morbidity and mortality should be carried out in Brazil, to demonstrate the real impacts of BRD on livestock.
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Saegerman C, Gaudino M, Savard C, Broes A, Ariel O, Meyer G, Ducatez MF. Influenza D virus in respiratory disease in Canadian, province of Québec, cattle: Relative importance and evidence of new reassortment between different clades. Transbound Emerg Dis 2021; 69:1227-1245. [PMID: 33764631 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Influenza D virus (IDV), a segmented single-stranded negative-sense ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, belongs to the new Delta influenza virus genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family. Cattle were proposed as the natural reservoir of IDV in which infection was associated with mild-to-moderate respiratory clinical signs (i.e. cough, nasal discharge and dyspnoea). METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In order to investigate the role of IDV in bovine respiratory disease, during the period 2017-2020, 883 nasal or naso-pharyngeal swabs from Canadian cattle with respiratory signs (cough and/or dyspnoea) were tested by (RT-)qPCR for IDV and other major bovine viral (bovine herpesvirus 1, bovine viral diarrhoea virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine parainfluenza virus 3 and bovine coronavirus) and bacterial (Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni and Mycoplasma bovis) respiratory pathogens. In addition, whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were carried out on five IDV-positive samples. The prevalence of IDV RT-qPCR (with cut-off: Cq < 38) at animal level was estimated at 5.32% (95% confidence interval: 3.94-7.02). Positive result of IDV was significantly associated with (RT-)qPCR-positive results for bovine respiratory syncytial virus and Mycoplasma bovis. While phylogenetic analyses indicate that most segments belonged to clade D/660, reassortment between clades D/660 and D/OK were evidenced in four samples collected in 2018-2020. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE Relative importance of influenza D virus and associated pathogens in bovine respiratory disease of Canadian dairy cattle was established. Whole-genome sequencing demonstrated evidence of reassortment between clades D/660 and D/OK. Both these new pieces of information claim for more surveillance of IDV in cattle production worldwide.
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- Claude Saegerman
- Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Biovet Inc., Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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Li R, Wang J, Sun X, Liu L, Wang J, Yuan W. Direct and Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma bovis in Bovine Milk Samples by Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assays. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:639083. [PMID: 33718285 PMCID: PMC7946833 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.639083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study aimed to detetct Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) in bovine milk quickly and directly by developing and validating isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assays. Targeting the uvrC gene of M. bovis, an RPA assay based on the fluorescence monitoring (real-time RPA) and an RPA assay combined with a lateral flow strip (LFS RPA) were conducted. It took 20 min for the real-time RPA to finish in a Genie III at 39°C, and 15 min were required to perform the LFS RPA in an incubator block at 39°C, followed by the visualization of the products on the lateral flow strip within 5 min. Both of the two assays showed high specificity for M. bovis without any cross-reaction with the other tested pathogens. With the standard recombinant plasmid pMbovis-uvrC serving as a template, both RPA assays had a limit of detcion of 1.0 × 101 copies per reaction, equivalent to that of a real-time PCR assay. In the 65 milk samples collected from cattle with mastitis, the M. bovis genomic DNA was detected in 24 samples by both the real-time RPA and the LFS RPA assays. The developed RPA assays could detect M. bovis in bovine milk in an efficient, convenient, and credible manner as attractive and promising tools, and the assays would be helpful in the rapid response to M. bovis infection causing bovine mastitis.
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- Ruiwen Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Food Microbiology and Animal Quarantine Laboratory, Technology Center of Shijiazhuang Customs District, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Food Microbiology and Animal Quarantine Laboratory, Technology Center of Shijiazhuang Customs District, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Food Microbiology and Animal Quarantine Laboratory, Technology Center of Shijiazhuang Customs District, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Food Microbiology and Animal Quarantine Laboratory, Technology Center of Shijiazhuang Customs District, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Gioia G, Addis MF, Santisteban C, Gross B, Nydam DV, Sipka AS, Virkler PD, Watters RD, Wieland M, Zurakowski MJ, Moroni P. Mycoplasma species isolated from bovine milk collected from US dairy herds between 2016 and 2019. J Dairy Sci 2021; 104:4813-4821. [PMID: 33612245 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Determining the species of mycoplasma isolated from culture-positive milk samples is important for understanding the clinical significance of their detection. Between August 2016 and December 2019, 214,518 milk samples from 2,757 dairy herds were submitted to Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS) at Cornell University for mycoplasma culture. From these samples, 3,728 collected from 204 herds were culture positive. Based on the request of herd managers, owners, or veterinarians, 889 isolates from 98 herds were subjected to molecular identification by PCR and amplicon sequencing. The largest proportion of the identified isolates were from New York State (78.1%), while the others came from the eastern United States (17.8%), Texas (2.0%), and New Mexico (2.1%). As expected, Mycoplasma spp. were the most common (855 isolates, 96.2%) and Acholeplasma spp. accounted for the remainder (34 isolates, 3.8%). Mycoplasma bovis was the most prevalent Mycoplasma species (75.1%), followed by M. bovigenitalium (6.5%), M. canadense (5.9%), M. alkalescens (5%), M. arginini (1.7%), M. californicum (0.1%), and M. primatum (0.1%). A portion of the isolates were confirmed as Mycoplasma spp. other than M. bovis but were not identified at the species level (16 isolates, 1.8%) because further information was not requested by the manager, owner, or veterinarian. Mycoplasma bovis was the only species identified in 59 of the 98 herds. However, more than 1 Mycoplasma sp. was identified in 29 herds, suggesting that herd infection with 2 or more mycoplasmas is not uncommon. Moreover, a Mycoplasma sp. other than M. bovis was the only species identified in 8 herds. From the subset of 889 mycoplasma culture-positive isolates from 98 herds, we determined that over a third of the herds had either more than 1 Mycoplasma sp. or a Mycoplasma sp. other than M. bovis detected in their milk samples. In conclusion, we observed that M. bovis is the most common pathogenic Mycoplasma species found in mastitic milk, but other Mycoplasma species are not uncommon. Our results suggest that it is critical to test milk samples for mycoplasmas using diagnostic tests able to identify both the genus and the species.
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- G Gioia
- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Via dell'Università, 6, 26900 Lodi, LO, Italy
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Quality Milk Production Services, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Via dell'Università, 6, 26900 Lodi, LO, Italy.
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Sajiki Y, Konnai S, Goto S, Okagawa T, Ohira K, Shimakura H, Maekawa N, Gondaira S, Higuchi H, Tajima M, Hirano Y, Kohara J, Murata S, Ohashi K. The Suppression of Th1 Response by Inducing TGF-β1 From Regulatory T Cells in Bovine Mycoplasmosis. Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:609443. [PMID: 33344537 PMCID: PMC7738317 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.609443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) regulate immune responses and maintain host immune homeostasis. Tregs contribute to the disease progression of several chronic infections by oversuppressing immune responses via the secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines, such as transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and interleukin-10. In the present study, we examined the association of Tregs with Mycoplasma bovis infection, in which immunosuppression is frequently observed. Compared with uninfected cattle, the percentage of Tregs, CD4+CD25highFoxp3+ T cells, was increased in M. bovis-infected cattle. Additionally, the plasma of M. bovis-infected cattle contained the high concentrations of TGF-β1, and M. bovis infection induced TGF-β1 production from bovine immune cells in in vitro cultures. Finally, we analyzed the immunosuppressive effects of TGF-β1 on bovine immune cells. Treatment with TGF-β1 significantly decreased the expression of CD69, an activation marker, in T cells, and Th1 cytokine production in vitro. These results suggest that the increase in Tregs and TGF-β1 secretion could be one of the immunosuppressive mechanisms and that lead to increased susceptibility to other infections in terms of exacerbation of disease during M. bovis infection.
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- Yamato Sajiki
- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Department, Hokkaido Research Organization, Shintoku, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Agriculture Research Department, Hokkaido Research Organization, Shintoku, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Schönecker L, Schnyder P, Schüpbach-Regula G, Meylan M, Overesch G. Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of opportunistic pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease isolated from nasopharyngeal swabs of veal calves in Switzerland. Prev Vet Med 2020; 185:105182. [PMID: 33152661 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The composition of the bacterial flora in the calf nasopharynx might influence the risk of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). The aims of the present study were, firstly, to investigate the prevalence of bacteria potentially involved in BRD in the nasopharynx of veal calves and to identify associated risk factors for their presence, and, secondly, to provide data on antimicrobial resistance levels in these bacteria. Deep nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from veal calves on 12 Swiss farms over a period of one year by non-random, but systematic sampling for isolation of Pasteurellaceae and Mycoplasma (M.) bovis and dispar. Associations of potential risk factors with occurrence of these bacteria were tested in multivariable mixed logistic regression analyses, based on information gained from extensive questionnaires completed with the farmers. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed for Pasteurellaceae by broth microdilution method to obtain minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC). Pasteurellaceae, including Pasteurella (P.) multocida, Mannheimia (M.) haemolytica, Bisgaard Taxon 39 and Histophilus (H.) somni, were almost twice as prevalent as M. bovis and dispar in this study. Continuous stocking was a risk factor for the presence of Pasteurellaceae, especially when calves originated from more than six suppliers. In young calves (≤ 91 days), feeding of California Mastitis Test (CMT) positive milk was an additional risk factor for the presence of Pasteurellaceae whereas transport of calves by farmers and livestock traders (as opposed to transport only by farmers) increased the risk in older calves (> 91 days). Risk factors for the presence of M. bovis/dispar were higher number of calves per drinking nipple in young calves, and no access to an outside pen and feeding of CMT positive milk in older calves, respectively. While further research will have to investigate the observed associations in more detail, this suggests that management can play an important role in the prevalence of nasopharyngeal bacteria with a potential subsequent involvement in BRD. Antimicrobial resistance differed between the three bacterial species tested in this study and was highest to oxytetracycline and spectinomycin in P. multocida, oxytetracycline and penicillin in M. haemolytica, and ampicillin and penicillin in H. somni. Only two European VetCAST breakpoints (for florfenicol in P. multocida and M. haemolytica) have been published to date, matching the MIC distribution of the present isolate populations well, in contrast to certain commonly applied American Clinical and Laboratory Institute interpretive criteria. This highlights the potential for further refinement of clinical breakpoints in veterinary medicine.
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- L Schönecker
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, CH-3097 Bern, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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Development and application of a colloidal carbon test strip for the detection of antibodies against Mycoplasma bovis. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:157. [PMID: 32964289 PMCID: PMC7508640 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-020-02930-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is an important bovine mycoplasma implicated in economically important clinical diseases, such as respiratory diseases, otitis media, and mastitis. The prevalence of M. bovis-associated mastitis in both cattle and buffaloes has been increasingly recognized as a global problem. High morbidity rates and consequential economic losses have been devastating to the affected cattle and buffalo farms, especially those in developing countries. Therefore, a rapid and accurate method is urgently needed to detect M. bovis. In this study, a rapid and simple lateral flow strip for detecting antibodies against M. bovis was established that used carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) as the labelled materials. The results from the test strip were highly consistent with those from ELISA. The test showed high specificity (100%) and no cross-reaction with other bovine pathogens. The detection sensitivity of the test was also relatively high (97.67%). All the results indicated that the colloidal carbon test strip could serve as a simple, rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostic method for detecting antibodies against M. bovis at cattle farms.
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Investigation of Macrolide Resistance Genotypes in Mycoplasma bovis Isolates from Canadian Feedlot Cattle. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9080622. [PMID: 32751555 PMCID: PMC7459582 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9080622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and chronic pneumonia and polyarthritis syndrome (CPPS) in feedlot cattle. No efficacious vaccines for M. bovis exist; hence, macrolides are commonly used to control mycoplasmosis. Whole genome sequences of 126 M. bovis isolates, derived from 96 feedlot cattle over 12 production years, were determined. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of five macrolides (gamithromycin, tildipirosin, tilmicosin, tulathromycin, tylosin) was conducted using a microbroth dilution method. The AST phenotypes were compared to the genotypes generated for 23S rRNA and the L4 and L22 ribosomal proteins. Mutations in domains II (nucleotide 748; E. coli numbering) and V (nucleotide 2059 and 2060) of the 23S rRNA (rrl) gene alleles were associated with resistance. All isolates with a single mutation at Δ748 were susceptible to tulathromycin, but resistant to tilmicosin and tildipirosin. Isolates with mutations in both domain II and V (Δ748Δ2059 or Δ748Δ2060) were resistant to all five macrolides. However, >99% of isolates were resistant to tildipirosin and tilmicosin, regardless of the number and positions of the mutations. Isolates with a Δ748 mutation in the 23S rRNA gene and mutations in L4 and L22 were resistant to all macrolides except for tulathromycin.
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Buckle KN, Castillo-Alcala F, Ha H, Begg D, McDonald W, Bingham P. First report of the use of mucosal swabs of the palatine tonsillar crypt for detection of Mycoplasma bovis in naturally infected calves. N Z Vet J 2020; 68:309-312. [PMID: 32422083 DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2020.1765892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Aims: To compare detection by real-time PCR of DNA from Mycoplasma bovis on mucosal swabs taken from the palatine tonsillar crypt and the mainstem bronchi of clinically asymptomatic calves after slaughter. Methods: We compared the sensitivity of mucosal swabs taken from two sites: the palatine tonsillar crypt and the mainstem bronchi. Paired samples were taken post-mortem at slaughter from 55 clinically well calves from an infected herd and were tested by real-time PCR for the presence of M. bovis-specific DNA. Results: Mycoplasma bovis DNA was detected in 51 palatine tonsillar crypt swabs (92.7 (95% CI = 82.4-98.0)%) and seven mainstem bronchial swabs (12.7 (95% CI = 5.3-24.5)%). All seven calves with positive mainstem bronchial swabs also had positive palatine tonsillar crypt swabs. Conclusions: When compared to mucosal swabs of the mainstem bronchi, mucosal swabs of the palatine tonsillar crypt were seven times more sensitive for the post-mortem detection of M. bovis DNA. The viability of detected M. bovis was not assessed, because any cattle carrying viable or non-viable M. bovis DNA were determined to be a potential risk to eradication. Palatine tonsillar crypt mucosa may be a useful anatomical site for real-time PCR detection of M. bovis DNA in naturally infected calves. More work is needed to define the persistence and viability of M. bovis at this anatomical site. Clinical relevance: The results of this study helped form the basis of surveillance tools used in M. bovis control and eradication efforts. Familiarity with these results may help veterinarians better communicate with their clients about the science behind the eradication efforts.
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- K N Buckle
- Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Biosecurity New Zealand, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Biosecurity New Zealand, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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- Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Biosecurity New Zealand, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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- Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Biosecurity New Zealand, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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- Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Biosecurity New Zealand, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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Analysis of the Leukocyte Response in Calves Suffered from Mycoplasma bovis Pneumonia. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9050407. [PMID: 32456293 PMCID: PMC7281192 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9050407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is known to be a cause of chronic pneumonia in cattle. To date, the disease pathomechanism has not been fully elucidated. Leukocytes play a key role in host antimicrobial defense mechanisms. Many in vitro studies of the effect of Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) on leukocytes have been performed, but it is difficult to apply these results to in vivo conditions. Additionally, only a few studies on a local immune response in M. bovis pneumonia have been undertaken. In this study, the experimental calf-infection model was used to determine the effect of field M. bovis strains on changes of the peripheral blood leukocyte response, including phagocytic activity and oxygen metabolism by cytometry analyses. An additional aim was to evaluate the lung local immunity of the experimentally infected calves using immunohistochemical staining. The general stimulation of phagocytic and killing activity of peripheral blood leukocytes in response to the M. bovis infection points to upregulation of cellular antimicrobial mechanisms. The local immune response in the infected lungs was characterized by the T- and B-cell stimulation, however, most seen in the increased T lymphocyte response. Post-infection, strong expression of the antigen-presenting cells and phagocytes also confirmed the activation of lung local immunity. In this study—despite the stimulation—both the peripheral and local cellular antimicrobial mechanisms seem to appear ineffective in eliminating M. bovis from the host and preventing the specific lung lesions, indicating an ability of the pathogen to avoid the host immune response in the M. bovis pneumonia.
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Mycoplasma bovis Membrane Protein MilA Is a Multifunctional Lipase with Novel Lipid and Glycosaminoglycan Binding Activity. Infect Immun 2020; 88:IAI.00945-19. [PMID: 32253247 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00945-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The survival, replication, and virulence of mycoplasmas depend on their ability to capture and import host-derived nutrients using poorly characterized membrane proteins. Previous studies on the important bovine pathogen Mycoplasma bovis demonstrated that the amino-terminal end of an immunogenic 226-kDa (P226) protein, encoded by milA (the full-length product of which has a predicted molecular weight of 303 kDa), had lipase activity. The predicted sequence of MilA contains glycosaminoglycan binding motifs, as well as multiple copies of a domain of unknown function (DUF445) that is also found in apolipoproteins. We mutagenized the gene to facilitate expression of a series of regions spanning the gene in Escherichia coli Using monospecific antibodies against these recombinant proteins, we showed that MilA was proteolytically processed into 226-kDa and 50-kDa fragments that were both partitioned into the detergent phase by Triton X-114 phase fractionation. Trypsin treatment of intact cells showed that P226 was surface exposed. In vitro, the recombinant regions of MilA bound to 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid and to a variety of lipids. The MilA fragments were also shown to bind heparin. Antibody against the carboxyl-terminal fragment inhibited the growth of M. bovis in vitro This carboxyl end also bound and hydrolyzed ATP, suggestive of a potential role as an autotransporter. Our studies have demonstrated that DUF445 has lipid binding activity and that MilA is a multifunctional protein that may play multiple roles in the pathogenesis of infection with M. bovis.
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Goto S, Konnai S, Hirano Y, Kohara J, Okagawa T, Maekawa N, Sajiki Y, Watari K, Minato E, Kobayashi A, Gondaira S, Higuchi H, Koiwa M, Tajima M, Taguchi E, Uemura R, Yamada S, Kaneko MK, Kato Y, Yamamoto K, Toda M, Suzuki Y, Murata S, Ohashi K. Upregulation of PD-L1 Expression by Prostaglandin E 2 and the Enhancement of IFN-γ by Anti-PD-L1 Antibody Combined With a COX-2 Inhibitor in Mycoplasma bovis Infection. Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:12. [PMID: 32154274 PMCID: PMC7045061 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bovine mycoplasmosis caused by Mycoplasma bovis results in pneumonia and mastitis in cattle. We previously demonstrated that the programmed death 1 (PD-1)/PD-ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway is involved in immune dysfunction during M. bovis infection and that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) suppressed immune responses and upregulated PD-L1 expression in Johne's disease, a bacterial infection in cattle. In this study, we investigated the role of PGE2 in immune dysfunction and the relationship between PGE2 and the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway in M. bovis infection. In vitro stimulation with M. bovis upregulated the expressions of PGE2 and PD-L1 presumably via Toll-like receptor 2 in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). PGE2 levels of peripheral blood in infected cattle were significantly increased compared with those in uninfected cattle. Remarkably, plasma PGE2 levels were positively correlated with the proportions of PD-L1+ monocytes in M. bovis-infected cattle. Additionally, plasma PGE2 production in infected cattle was negatively correlated with M. bovis-specific interferon (IFN)-γ production from PBMCs. These results suggest that PGE2 could be one of the inducers of PD-L1 expression and could be involved in immunosuppression during M. bovis infection. In vitro blockade assays using anti-bovine PD-L1 antibody and a cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor significantly upregulated the M. bovis-specific IFN-γ response. Our study findings might contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for bovine mycoplasmosis that target PGE2 and the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway.
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- Shinya Goto
- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Agriculture Research Department, Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Shintoku, Japan
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- Agriculture Research Department, Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Shintoku, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Antibody Drug Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Antibody Drug Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Antibody Drug Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.,New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Research and Development Center, Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,New Business and International Business Development, Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Division of Bioresources, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Advanced Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Jelinski M, Kinnear A, Gesy K, Andrés-Lasheras S, Zaheer R, Weese S, McAllister TA. Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing of Mycoplasma bovis Isolates Derived from Western Canadian Feedlot Cattle. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8010124. [PMID: 31963269 PMCID: PMC7022776 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is particularly adept at evading the immune system, resulting in chronic infections of the lungs and joints of feedlot cattle. The chronicity of the lesions results in prolonged antimicrobial therapy, possibly exacerbating antimicrobial resistance. This cross-sectional study generated in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) data on 211 M. bovis isolates recovered from 159 healthy, diseased, and dead cattle, spanning the period of 2006-2018. Nine antimicrobials commonly administered to western Canadian feedlot cattle were assessed. The data were analyzed with non-parametric statistical tests with a level of significance of p < 0.05 (two-tailed). Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values tended to increase between the isolates from healthy versus dead cattle and over time (2006-2018). Isolates from dead versus healthy cattle were more likely to be resistant to tulathromycin, gamithromycin, tylosin and enrofloxacin. There was no difference in the distributions of the MICs generated from the isolates recovered from the lungs and joints (p ≥ 0.124) and the lungs and deep nasal passages (p ≥ 0.157) of the same animals.
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- Murray Jelinski
- Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada; (A.K.); (K.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-306-966-7166
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- Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada; (A.K.); (K.G.)
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- Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada; (A.K.); (K.G.)
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (S.A.-L.); (R.Z.); (T.A.M.)
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (S.A.-L.); (R.Z.); (T.A.M.)
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- Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada;
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (S.A.-L.); (R.Z.); (T.A.M.)
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Andrés-Lasheras S, Zaheer R, Ha R, Lee C, Jelinski M, McAllister TA. A direct qPCR screening approach to improve the efficiency of Mycoplasma bovis isolation in the frame of a broad surveillance study. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 169:105805. [PMID: 31837972 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Culturing Mycoplasma bovis is laborious and unpredictable with most laboratories relying on molecular methods for its detection and identification. However, bacterial culture is still necessary to relate phenotypic characteristics to genotypic traits within and between individual strains. Thus, the main objective of this study was to develop a procedure that saved time and consumables during the culturing of M. bovis within the scope of a broad antimicrobial resistance surveillance project. Deep nasopharyngeal swabs (DNPS) collected from feedlot cattle upon arrival at 10 Southern Alberta feedlots were enriched in broth and an aliquot of the culture was directly used in a M. bovis-specific quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay. Only qPCR-positive cultures were plated onto agar media for the isolation of M. bovis. The detection of M. bovis from broth culture by direct-culture-qPCR proved to be more sensitive (1.61 × 102 CFU/mL) than using a commercial kit (1.61 × 103 CFU/mL) to extract DNA from pure cultures of M. bovis. When isolation of M. bovis from broth-enriched DNPS (n = 208 samples) was used as the gold standard for diagnostics, the qPCR screening approach showed 100% sensitivity, 87.27% specificity, and a kappa index = 0.87 (strong agreement). In contrast, qPCR of DNPS samples (n = 58) exhibited 100% sensitivity, 42.86% specificity, and a kappa index = 0.49 (weak agreement). The qPCR protocol described here together with a high throughput direct-culture-qPCR approach for sample testing made it possible to reduce the labor and cost of M. bovis isolation by eliminating the need to process 97.3% of M. bovis-negative samples. This was possible through the use of qPCR Ct values as a predictive tool of the likelihood of M. bovis isolation. This new procedure could be evaluated for its use in antimicrobial resistance surveillance programs that focus on Mycoplasma species.
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- Sara Andrés-Lasheras
- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
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iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of Mycoplasma bovis NM-28 strain from two generations for vaccine screening. Vaccine 2019; 38:549-561. [PMID: 31740094 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 10/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis is an important pathogenic bacterium affecting cows and cattle. Clinically, an inactivated vaccine of M. bovis is mainly used to prevent infection by this bacterium. The changes that occur in the antigen when M. bovis is continuously passaged in vitro remain unknown. Therefore, we performed an in vitro serial passage of the M. bovis NM-28 strain, which was isolated and identified in our laboratory. An isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based quantitative proteomics method was used to analyse the differences between generations 3 and 60. Many major membrane proteins or protective antigens reported in the literature did not exhibit changes between these generations. We found an imbalance between growth rate and nutrition in the 60th generation. The proteomics results were verified by western blotting and real-time PCR. Growth curves were also prepared based on colony-forming units (CFUs) between the 3rd and 60th generations. The number of colonies in the 60th generation in the stationary phase was 5 × 109 CFU mL-1, which was 10-fold higher than that in the 3rd generation. The 60th generation of the NM-28 strain can be used as an inactivated vaccine strain of M. bovis to lower production costs compared to use of the 3rd generation.
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Ahani Azari A, Amanollahi R, Jafari Jozani R, Trott DJ, Hemmatzadeh F. High-resolution melting curve analysis: a novel method for identification of Mycoplasma species isolated from clinical cases of bovine and porcine respiratory disease. Trop Anim Health Prod 2019; 52:1043-1047. [PMID: 31673887 PMCID: PMC7222993 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-019-02098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mycoplasma species cause wide ranges of infectious diseases in human and animals. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by a high-resolution melting curve assay (HRM) for rapid differentiation of Mycoplasma species isolated from clinical cases of bovine and porcine respiratory disease. Lung samples from suspected cases to respiratory infections from cows and pigs were cultured on specific media, and the extracted DNA were tested by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for Mycoplasma. A set of universal primers specific for the 16S ribosomal RNA gene was designed and used for RT-PCR and HRM. The HRM analysis was able to differentiate between five different species of Mycoplasmas, namely, M. hyopneumoniae, M. bovis, M. hyorhinis, M. hyosynoviae and other uncultured Mycoplasma. All results were confirmed based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This rapid and reliable assay was as a simple alternative to PCR and sequencing, differentiating bovine and porcine mycoplasmas in species level.
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- Ania Ahani Azari
- Department of Microbiology, Gorgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia
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Tanabe T, Fukuzawa H, Amatatsu Y, Matsui K, Ohtsuka H, Maeda Y, Sato H. Identification of an antilymphocyte transformation substance from Pasteurella multocida. Microbiol Immunol 2019; 63:261-268. [PMID: 31209918 PMCID: PMC7168365 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pasteurella multocida is one of the most important bacteria responsible for diseases of animals. Crude extracts from sonicated P. multocida strain Dainai-1, which is serotype A isolated from bovine pneumonia, were found to inhibit proliferation of mouse spleen cells stimulated with Con A. The crude extract was purified by cation and anion exchange chromatography and hydroxyapatite chromatography. Its molecular weight was 27 kDa by SDS-PAGE and it was named PM27. PM27 was found to inhibit proliferation of mouse spleen cells stimulated with Con A as effectively as did the crude extract; however, its activity was lost after heating to 100°C for 20 min. PM27 did not directly inhibit proliferation of HT-2 cells, which are an IL-2-dependent T cell line, nor did it modify IL-2 production by Con A-stimulated mouse spleen cells. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of PM27 was determined and BLAST analysis revealed its identity to uridine phosphorylase (UPase) from P. multocida. UPase gene from P. multocida Dainai-1 was cloned into expression vector pQE-60 in Escherichia coli XL-1 Blue. Recombinant UPase (rUPase) tagged with His at the C-terminal amino acid was purified with Ni affinity chromatography. rUPase was found to inhibit proliferation of mouse spleen cells stimulated with Con A; however, as was true for PM27, its activity was lost after heating to 100°C for 20 min. Thus, PM27/UPase purified from P. multocida has significant antiproliferative activity against Con A-stimulated mouse spleen cells and may be a virulence factor.
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- Taishi Tanabe
- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Veterinary Medicine for Large Animal, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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Masukagami Y, Nijagal B, Mahdizadeh S, Tseng CW, Dayalan S, Tivendale KA, Markham PF, Browning GF, Sansom FM. A combined metabolomic and bioinformatic approach to investigate the function of transport proteins of the important pathogen Mycoplasma bovis. Vet Microbiol 2019; 234:8-16. [PMID: 31213276 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis is an economically important pathogen of the cattle industry worldwide, and there is an urgent need for a more effective vaccine to control the diseases caused by this organism. Although the M. bovis genome sequence is available, very few gene functions of M. bovis have been experimentally determined, and a better understanding of the genes involved in pathogenesis are required for vaccine development. In this study, we compared the metabolite profiles of wild type M. bovis to a number of strains that each contained a transposon insertion into a putative transporter gene. Transport systems are thought to play an important role in survival of mycoplasmas, as they rely on the host for many nutrients. We also performed 13C-stable isotope labelling on strains with transposon insertions into putative glycerol transporters. Integration of metabolomic and bioinformatic analyses revealed unexpected results (when compared to genome annotation) for two mutants, with a putative amino acid transporter (MBOVPG45_0533) appearing more likely to transport nucleotide sugars, and a second mutant, a putative dicarboxylate/amino acid:cation (Na+ or H+) symporter (DAACS), more likely to function as a biopterin/folate transporter. This study also highlighted the apparent redundancy in some transport and metabolic pathways, such as the glycerol transport systems, even in an organism with a reduced genome. Overall, this study highlights the value of metabolomics for revealing the likely function of a number of transporters of M. bovis.
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- Yumiko Masukagami
- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Metabolomics Australia, The Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Metabolomics Australia, The Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Oliveira TES, Pelaquim IF, Flores EF, Massi RP, Valdiviezo MJJ, Pretto-Giordano LG, Alfieri AA, Saut JPE, Headley SA. Mycoplasma bovis and viral agents associated with the development of bovine respiratory disease in adult dairy cows. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 67 Suppl 2:82-93. [PMID: 31232526 PMCID: PMC7228412 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The etiology and pathologic findings of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in adult dairy cows (n = 35) from a commercial dairy herd in Southern Brazil were investigated. Pulmonary samples were examined for histopathologic patterns and specific features within these patterns, while immunohistochemical (IHC) assays were designed to detect the intralesional antigens of viral infectious disease agents and Mycoplasma bovis. Pneumonia was diagnosed in 91.4% (32/35) of these cases; neither pneumonia nor any of the infectious disease pathogens evaluated occurred in three cows. The presence of multiple respiratory pathogens in 75% (24/32) of these cases indicated the complex origin of pneumonia in cattle. Interstitial pneumonia, necrosuppurative bronchopneumonia and suppurative bronchopneumonia were the principal patterns of pulmonary disease identified by histopathology. The most frequent pathogens identified by IHC were bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV; n = 18), M. bovis (n = 16) and bovine alphaherpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1; n = 14), followed by bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV; n = 11) and bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV-3; n = 5). Obliterative bronchiolitis and peribronchial lymphocytic cuffings were the characteristic histopathologic features associated with M. bovis. Necrohemorrhagic bronchitis with bronchial angiogenesis was associated with BoHV-1. Necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis were associated with BVDV, BoHV-1 and BRSV. Ballooning degeneration of the bronchial and bronchiolar epithelia was associated with BRSV and BoHV-1. This is the first report from Brazil that correlated the histopathologic findings of BRD with the associated infectious disease agents by immunohistochemistry. M. bovis was frequently detected in the tissues of cows with fatal pulmonary disease during this study and may be a possible primary disease pathogen associated with the development of BRD in dairy cows. Additionally, the histopathologic features identified within patterns of pulmonary disease during this investigation may be an efficient diagnostic tool to associate histopathologic findings with specific agents of BRD in dairy cows.
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- Thalita Evani Silva Oliveira
- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,National Institutes of Science and Technology, Dairy Production Chain (INCT-Leite; Brazil), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- National Institutes of Science and Technology, Dairy Production Chain (INCT-Leite; Brazil), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Large Animal Health Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,National Institutes of Science and Technology, Dairy Production Chain (INCT-Leite; Brazil), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Wen J, Zhang J, Hao Y. The status of
Mycoplasma bovis
infection in clinical mastitis cases in China. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jing Wen
- College of Veterinary Medicine Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010018 China
- Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Techniques for Animal Disease Ministry of Agriculture Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010081 China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010018 China
- Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Techniques for Animal Disease Ministry of Agriculture Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010081 China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010018 China
- Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Techniques for Animal Disease Ministry of Agriculture Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Huhhot 010081 China
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Masukagami Y, Tivendale KA, Browning GF, Sansom FM. Analysis of the Mycoplasma bovis lactate dehydrogenase reveals typical enzymatic activity despite the presence of an atypical catalytic site motif. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2019; 164:186-193. [PMID: 29393016 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of Mycoplasma genitalium has been predicted to also act as a malate dehydrogenase (MDH), but there has been no experimental validation of this hypothesized dual function for any mollicute. Our analysis of the metabolite profile of Mycoplasma bovis using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) detected malate, suggesting that there may be MDH activity in M. bovis. To investigate whether the putative l-LDH enzyme of M. bovis has a dual function (MDH and LDH), we performed bioinformatic and functional biochemical analyses. Although the amino acid sequence and predicted structural analysis of M. bovisl-LDH revealed unusual residues within the catalytic site, suggesting that it may have the flexibility to possess a dual function, our biochemical studies using recombinant M. bovis -LDH did not detect any MDH activity. However, we did show that the enzyme has typical LDH activity that could be inhibited by both MDH substrates oxaloacetate (OAA) and malate, suggesting that these substrates may be able to bind to M. bovis LDH. Inhibition of the conversion of pyruvate to lactate by OAA may be one method the mycoplasma cell uses to reduce the potential for accumulation of intracellular lactate.
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- Yumiko Masukagami
- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Characterisation of the course of Mycoplasma bovis infection in naturally infected dairy herds. Vet Microbiol 2019; 231:107-115. [PMID: 30955796 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis causes bovine respiratory disease, mastitis, arthritis and otitis. The importance of M. bovis has escalated because of recent outbreaks and introductions into countries previously free of M. bovis. We characterized the course of M. bovis infection on 19 recently infected dairy farms over 24 months. Our objective was to identify diagnostic tools to assess the efficacy of control measures to assess low risk infection status on M. bovis infected farms. PCR assays and culture were used to detect M. bovis, and in-house and BioX ELISAs were used to follow antibody responses. Cows and young stock were sampled on four separate occasions, and clinical cases were sampled when they arose. On 17 farms, a few cases of clinical mastitis were detected, mostly within the first eight weeks after the index case. Antibodies detected by in-house ELISA persisted in the serum of cows at least for 1.5 years on all farms, regardless of the M. bovis infection status or signs of clinical disease or subclinical mastitis on the farm. Six out of 19 farms became low risk as the infection was resolved. Our results suggest that, for biosecurity purposes, regular monitoring should be conducted on herds by screening for M. bovis in samples from cows with clinical mastitis and calves with pneumonia, in conjunction with testing young stock by screening longitudinally collected nasal swabs for M. bovis and sequential serum samples for antibody against recombinant antigen.
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Appelt S, Aly SS, Tonooka K, Glenn K, Xue Z, Lehenbauer TW, Marco ML. Development and comparison of loop-mediated isothermal amplification and quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis in milk. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:1985-1996. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Maina T, Prysliak T, Perez-Casal J. Mycoplasma bovis delay in apoptosis of macrophages is accompanied by increased expression of anti-apoptotic genes, reduced cytochrome C translocation and inhibition of DNA fragmentation. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2019; 208:16-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Genotyping of Pathogenic Mycoplasma bovis Isolated from Cattle in Kafr El-Sheikh Province, Egypt. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.22207/jpam.12.4.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gao X, Bao S, Xing X, Fu X, Zhang Y, Xue H, Wen F, Wei Y. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of Mycoplasma bovis is a plasminogen-binding adhesin. Microb Pathog 2018; 124:230-237. [PMID: 30142464 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis is an extremely small cell wall-deficient pathogenic bacterium in the genus Mycoplasma that causes serious economic losses to the cattle industry worldwide. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA), a key enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, is a multifunctional protein in several pathogenic bacterial species, but its role in M. bovis remains unknown. Herein, the FBA gene of the M. bovis was amplified by PCR, and subcloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET28a (+) to generate the pET28a-FBA plasmid for recombinant expression in Escherichia coli Transetta. Expression of the 34 kDa recombinant rMbFBA protein was confirmed by electrophoresis, and enzymatic activity assays based on conversion of NADH to NAD+ revealed Km and Vmax values of 48 μM and 43.8 μmoL/L/min, respectively. Rabbit anti-rMbFBA and anti-M. bovis serum were generated by inoculation with rMbFBA and M. bovis, and antigenicity and immunofluorescence assay demonstrated that FBA is an immunogenic protein expressed on the cell membrane in M. bovis cells. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays revealed equal distribution of FBA in the cell membrane and cytoplasm. Complement-dependent mycoplasmacidal assays showed that rabbit anti-rMbFBA serum killed 44.1% of M. bovis cells in the presence of complement. Binding and ELISA assays demonstrated that rMbFBA binds native bovine plasminogen and in a dose-dependent manner. Fluorescent microscopy revealed that pre-treatment with antibodies against rMbFBA decreased the adhesion of M. bovis to embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cells. Furthermore, adherence inhibition assays revealed 34.4% inhibition of M. bovis infection of EBL cells following treatment with rabbit anti-rMbFBA serum, suggesting rMbFBA participates in bacterial adhesion to EBL cells.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, 1 Yingmencun, Lanzhou 730070, China
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P27 (MBOV_RS03440) is a novel fibronectin binding adhesin of Mycoplasma bovis. Int J Med Microbiol 2018; 308:848-857. [PMID: 30076003 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis, one of the major pathogens of bovine respiratory disease, binds to respiratory epithelial cells resulting in severe pneumonia and tissue damage. This study was designed to identify the adhesive function of a putative 27-kDa M. bovis lipoprotein, encoded by the gene MBOV_RS03440 and designated as P27. The gene was cloned and overexpressed to produce antibodies against the recombinant P27 (rP27). The western blot and flow cytometry assay confirmed P27 to be a surface-localized protein, while ELISA confirmed it to be an immunogenic protein. Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that rP27 bound to embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cell monolayers in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, anti-rP27 antiserum inhibited the attachment of M. bovis to EBL cells demonstrating the binding specificity of P27 to EBL cells. The attachment of rP27 to EBL cells was mediated by fibronectin (Fn), an extracellular matrix component. The interaction between rP27 and Fn was qualitatively and quantitatively monitored by ligand immunoblot assay, ELISA, and biolayer interferometry. Collectively, these results indicate that P27 is a novel Fn-binding, immunogenic adhesive protein of M. bovis, thereby contributing to the further understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of M. bovis.
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Antimicrobial activity of bovine NK-lysin-derived peptides on Mycoplasma bovis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197677. [PMID: 29771981 PMCID: PMC5957369 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a diverse group of molecules which play an important role in the innate immune response. Bovine NK-lysins, a type of AMP, have been predominantly found in the granules of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and NK-cells. Bovine NK-lysin-derived peptides demonstrate antimicrobial activity against various bacterial pathogens, including several involved in bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) in cattle; however, such studies are yet to be performed with one important contributor to the BRDC, Mycoplasma bovis. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activity of bovine NK-lysin-derived peptides on M. bovis. Thirty-mer synthetic peptides corresponding to the functional region helices 2 and 3 of bovine NK-lysins NK1, NK2A, NK2B, and NK2C were evaluated for killing activity on M. bovis isolates. Among four peptides, NK2A and NK2C showed the highest antimicrobial activity against the M. bovis isolates tested. All four NK-lysin peptides induced rapid plasma membrane depolarization in M. bovis at two concentrations tested. However, based on propidium iodide uptake, only NK2A and NK2C appeared capable of causing structural damage to M. bovis plasma membrane. Confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and transmission electron microscopy further suggested NK-lysin-induced damage to the plasma membrane. Taken together, the findings in this study suggest that plasma membrane depolarization alone was insufficient to induce lethality, but disruption/permeabilization of the M. bovis plasma membrane was the cause of lethality.
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