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McAloon CI, McAloon CG, Barrett D, Tratalos JA, McGrath G, Guelbenzu M, Graham DA, Kelly A, O'Keeffe K, More SJ. Estimation of sensitivity and specificity of bulk tank milk PCR and 2 antibody ELISA tests for herd-level diagnosis of Mycoplasma bovis infection using Bayesian latent class analysis. J Dairy Sci 2024:S0022-0302(24)00893-2. [PMID: 38851575 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-24590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
Abstract
Mycoplasmosis (due to infection with Mycoplasma bovis) is a serious disease of beef and dairy cattle that can adversely impact health, welfare and productivity (Maunsell et al. (2011)). Mycoplasmosis can lead to a range of often severe, clinical presentations. Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) infection can present either clinically or subclinically, with the potential for recrudescence of shedding in association with stressful periods. Infection can be maintained within herds because of intermittent shedding (Calcutt et al., 2018, Hazelton et al., 2018). M. bovis is recognized as poorly responsive to treatment which represents a major challenge for control in infected herds. Given this, particular focus is needed on biosecurity measures to prevent introduction into uninfected herds in the first place. A robust and reliable laboratory test for surveillance is important both for herd-level prevention and control. The objective of this study was to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of 3 diagnostic tests (one PCR and 2 ELISA tests) on bulk tank milk, for the herd-level detection of M. bovis using Bayesian latent class analysis. In autumn 2018, bulk tank milk samples from 11,807 herds, covering the majority of the main dairy regions in Ireland had been submitted to the Department of Agriculture testing laboratory for routine surveillance were made available. A stratified random sample approach was used to select a cohort of herds for testing from this larger sample set. A final study population of 728 herds had bulk tank milk samples analyzed using a Bio-X ELISA (ELISA 1), an IDvet ELISA (ELISA 2) and a PCR test. A Bayesian latent class analysis (BLCA) was conducted to estimate the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of the 3 diagnostic tests applied to bulk tank milk (BTM) for the detection of the herd-level infection. An overall LCA was conducted on all herds within a single population (a 3-test, 1-population model). The herds were also split into 2 populations based on herd size (small herds had < 82 cattle) (a 3-test, 2-population model) and separately into 3 regions in Ireland (Leinster, Munster and Connacht/Ulster) (a 3-test, 3-population model). The latent variable of interest was the herd-level M. bovis infection status. In total, 363/728 (50%) were large herds, 7 (1.0%) were positive on PCR, 88 (12%) positive on ELISA 1, and 406 (56%) positive on ELISA 2. Based on the 2-population model, the sensitivity (95% Bayesian credible interval (BCI) was 0.03 (0.02, 0.05), 0.22 (0.18, 0.27), 0.94 (0.88, 0.98) for PCR, ELISA 1 and ELISA 2 respectively. The specificity (95% BCI) was 0.99 (0.99, 1.0), 0.97 (0.95, 0.99), and 0.92 (0.86, 0.97) for PCR, ELISA 1 and ELISA 2 respectively. The herd-level true prevalence was estimated at 0.43 (BCI 0.35, 0.5) for smaller herds. The true prevalence was estimated at 0.62 (BCI 0.55, 0.69) for larger herds. The true prevalence was estimated at 0.56 (BCI 0.49, 0.463) in the 1-population model. For the 3-population model, the sensitivity (95% BCI) was 0.03 (0.02, 0.05), 0.24 (0.18, 0.29), 0.95 (0.9, 0.98) for PCR, ELISA 1 and ELISA 2 respectively. The specificity (95% BCI) was 0.99 (0.99, 1.0), 0.98 (0.96, 0.99), and 0.88 (0.79, 0.95) for PCR, ELISA 1 and ELISA 2 respectively. The herd-level true prevalence (95% BCI) was estimated at 0.65 (0.56, 0.73), 0.38 (0.28, 0.46) and 0.53 (0.4, 0.65) for population 1, 2, 3 respectively. Across all 3 models, the range in true prevalence was 38% to 65% of Irish dairy herds infected with M. bovis. The operating characteristics vary substantially between tests. The IDvet ELISA had a relatively high Se (the highest Se of the 3 tests studied) but it was estimated at 0.95 at its highest in 3-test, 3-population model. This test may be an appropriate test for herd-level screening or prevalence estimation within the context of the endemically infected Irish dairy cattle population. Further work is required to optimize this test and its interpretation when applied at herd-level to offset concerns related to the lower than optimal test Sp.
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- C I McAloon
- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- National Disease Control Centre, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Dublin, D02 WK12 Ireland
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Animal Health Ireland, 2-5 The Archways, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 WN27 Ireland
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- Animal Health Ireland, 2-5 The Archways, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 WN27 Ireland
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- Animal Health Ireland, 2-5 The Archways, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 WN27 Ireland
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- Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Blood testing laboratory, Model Farm Road, Cork, T12 DK73 Ireland
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Ninković M, Milićević V, Radojičić S, Bugarski D, Stević N. Presence of Mycoplasma bovis in Bulk Tank Milk and Associated Risk Factor Analysis in Serbian Dairy Farms. Pathogens 2024; 13:302. [PMID: 38668257 PMCID: PMC11054648 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13040302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is a significant pathogen responsible for highly transmissible mastitis in cattle globally. It primarily spreads through colostrum, milk, and semen. Cows with persistent infections act as carriers, intermittently releasing the pathogen, making their milk a pivotal factor in infection transmission. Given the limited seroprevalence surveys in Serbia, this study aimed to detect M. bovis presence in bulk tank milk (BTM), determine route shedding, and evaluate infection risks. BTM samples were collected from 115 dairy farms across Serbia, with M. bovis DNA detected in 11 out of the 115 samples by real-time PCR. Additionally, M. bovis was detected in 1.30% of nasal swabs sampled from apparently healthy animals. A univariate analysis of the risk factors associated with M. bovis presence in the BTM samples revealed correlations with factors such as the breed, farm seropositivity, pre-milking and post-milking disinfection practices, farm type, cow population, milk yield, number of cows in the BTM samples, and parity. Seropositive farms exhibited the highest likelihood of M. bovis presence in milk. Moreover, pre- and post-milking disinfection practices and highly productive cows yielding over 8000 L of milk were identified as risk factors for PCR-positive BTM. In a multivariable mixed regression analysis, a risk factor for the presence of M. bovis infection in the BTM sample was the Holstein breed. These findings underscore a relatively high prevalence of M. bovis in BTM within Serbian dairy farms, suggesting a potential risk for M. bovis spreading through milk and oral route of calves' infection.
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- Milan Ninković
- Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Janisa Janulisa 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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- Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Janisa Janulisa 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Oslobodenja 18, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (S.R.); (N.S.)
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, 21113 Novi Sad, Serbia;
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Oslobodenja 18, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (S.R.); (N.S.)
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Gelgie AE, Desai SE, Gelalcha BD, Kerro Dego O. Mycoplasma bovis mastitis in dairy cattle. Front Vet Sci 2024; 11:1322267. [PMID: 38515536 PMCID: PMC10956102 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1322267] [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: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis has recently been identified increasingly in dairy cows causing huge economic losses to the dairy industry. M. bovis is a causative agent for mastitis, pneumonia, endometritis, endocarditis, arthritis, otitis media, and many other clinical symptoms in cattle. However, some infected cows are asymptomatic or may not shed the pathogen for weeks to years. This characteristic of M. bovis, along with the lack of adequate testing and identification methods in many parts of the world until recently, has allowed the M. bovis to be largely undetected despite its increased prevalence in dairy farms. Due to growing levels of antimicrobial resistance among wild-type M. bovis isolates and lack of cell walls in mycoplasmas that enable them to be intrinsically resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics that are widely used in dairy farms, there is no effective treatment for M. bovis mastitis. Similarly, there is no commercially available effective vaccine for M. bovis mastitis. The major constraint to developing effective intervention tools is limited knowledge of the virulence factors and mechanisms of the pathogenesis of M. bovis mastitis. There is lack of quick and reliable diagnostic methods with high specificity and sensitivity for M. bovis. This review is a summary of the current state of knowledge of the virulence factors, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and control of M. bovis mastitis in dairy cows.
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- Aga E. Gelgie
- Department of Animal Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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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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Biesheuvel MM, Ward C, Penterman P, van Engelen E, van Schaik G, Deardon R, Barkema HW. Within-herd transmission of Mycoplasma bovis infections after initial detection in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2024; 107:516-529. [PMID: 37709017 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23407] [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: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis outbreaks in cattle, including pathogen spread between age groups, are not well understood. Our objective was to estimate within-herd transmission across adult dairy cows, youngstock, and calves. Results from 3 tests (PCR, ELISA, and culture) per cow and 2 tests (PCR and ELISA) per youngstock and calf were used in an age-stratified susceptible-infected-removed/recovered (SIR) model to estimate within-herd transmission parameters, pathways, and potential effects of farm management practices. A cohort of adult cows, youngstock, and calves on 20 Dutch dairy farms with a clinical outbreak of M. bovis in adult cows were sampled, with collection of blood, conjunctival fluid, and milk from cows, and blood and conjunctival fluid from calves and youngstock, 5 times over a time span of 12 wk. Any individual with at least one positive laboratory test was considered M. bovis-positive. Transmission dynamics were modeled using an age-stratified SIR model featuring 3 age strata. Associations with farm management practices were explored using Fisher's exact tests and Poisson regression. Estimated transmission parameters were highly variable among herds and cattle age groups. Notably, transmission from cows to cows, youngstock, or to calves was associated with R-values ranging from 1.0 to 80 secondarily infected cows per herd, 1.2 to 38 secondarily infected youngstock per herd, and 0.1 to 91 secondarily infected calves per herd, respectively. In case of transmission from youngstock to youngstock, calves or to cows, R-values were 0.7 to 96 secondarily infected youngstock per herd, 1.1 to 76 secondarily infected calves per herd, and 0.1 to 107 secondarily infected cows per herd. For transmission from calves to calves, youngstock or to cows, R-values were 0.5 to 60 secondarily infected calves per herd, 1.1 to 41 secondarily infected youngstock per herd, and 0.1 to 47 secondarily infected cows per herd. Among on-farm transmission pathways, cow-to-youngstock, cow-to-calf, and cow-to-cow were identified as most significant contributors, with calf-to-calf and calf-to-youngstock also having noteworthy roles. Youngstock-to-youngstock was also implicated, albeit to a lesser extent. Whereas the primary focus was a clinical outbreak of M. bovis among adult dairy cows, it was evident that transmission extended to calves and youngstock, contributing to overall spread. Factors influencing transmission and specific transmission pathways were associated with internal biosecurity (separate caretakers for various age groups, number of people involved), external biosecurity (contractors, external employees), as well as indirect transmission routes (number of feed and water stations).
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- Marit M Biesheuvel
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N4N1.
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Royal GD, Deventer, the Netherlands 7418 EZ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands 3584 CL
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N4N1; Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N4N1
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Okella H, Tonooka K, Okello E. A Systematic Review of the Recent Techniques Commonly Used in the Diagnosis of Mycoplasma bovis in Dairy Cattle. Pathogens 2023; 12:1178. [PMID: 37764986 PMCID: PMC10535753 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Early detection of Mycoplasmal mastitis is greatly hampered by late seroconversion, slow growth of Mycoplasma organisms, intermittent shedding, and the high cost of diagnostic tests. To improve future diagnostic development, examining the available techniques is necessary. Accordingly, the present study systematically reviewed M. bovis diagnostic studies published between January 2000 and April 2023 utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) protocol. The protocol registration was performed according to the Open Science Framework (osf.io/ug79h), and the electronic search was conducted in the World Catalog, Mendeley, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Google Scholar, Prime Scholar, and PubMed Central databases using a Boolean operator and inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of the 1194 pieces of literature retrieved, 67 studies were included. Four broad categories of up to 16 diagnostic approaches were reported: microbial culture, serological, DNA-based, and mass spectrometry. Overall, DNA-based techniques were the most published (48.0%), with recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) as the most promising user-friendly, equipment-free techniques. On the other hand, mass spectrometry was reported as the least utilized (2.9%) given the high equipment cost. Though costly and laboratory-allied, DNA-based techniques, particularly PCRs, were reported as the most rapid and specific approach.
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- Hedmon Okella
- Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Tulare, CA 93274, USA
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- Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Tulare, CA 93274, USA
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- Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Tulare, CA 93274, USA
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Veldhuis A, Aalberts M, Penterman P, Wever P, van Schaik G. Bayesian diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation of mycoplasma bovis in dairy herds. Prev Vet Med 2023; 216:105946. [PMID: 37235906 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105946] [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: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The true prevalence of dairy cattle herds with M. bovis infections in the Netherlands is unknown. Previous attempts to estimate prevalences were hampered by the absence of a diagnostic serological test that was validated under field conditions. This study estimated sensitivity and specificity of two commercial serum ELISAs and the true M. bovis herd prevalence using different Bayesian latent class models. A total of 7305 serum samples from 415 randomly chosen dairy herds were collected in fall/winter 2019 and investigated for presence of antibodies against M. bovis using the BIO-K-260 ELISA from Bio-X. Serum samples from 100 of these herds were also tested with a second ELISA, from IDvet. A Bayesian latent class model using the paired test results estimated a sensitivity of 14.1% (95% Bayesian probability interval (BPI): 11.6-16.7%) for the Bio-X ELISA and a specificity of 97.2% (95% BPI: 95.9-98.4%). Sensitivity and specificity for the IDvet ELISA were estimated at 92.5% (95% BPI: 88.3-96.5%) and 99.3% (95% BPI: 98.7-99.8%), respectively. Also, Bio-X ELISA sensitivity was considerably higher with data from calves only and with data from a selection of herds with a clinical outbreak, whereas the IDvet ELISA sensitivity was fairly constant under these conditions. These differences in test sensitivity is expected to be related to an effect of time since infection. A second Bayesian model, applied on test results of all 415 herds, estimated a true herd prevalence of 69.9% (95% BPI: 62.7-77.6%), suggesting M. bovis in endemic amongst dairy cattle herds in the Netherlands. To what extent seropositive herds have experienced a clinical outbreak needs further investigation.
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- Royal GD, PO Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, the Netherlands
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- Royal GD, PO Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, the Netherlands; Department of Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Transmission of Mycoplasma bovis infection in bovine in vitro embryo production. Theriogenology 2023; 199:43-49. [PMID: 36689817 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2023.01.011] [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: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) causes several costly diseases in cattle and has a negative effect on cattle welfare. There is no effective commercial vaccine, and antimicrobial resistance is common. Maintaining a closed herd is the best method to minimize the risk of introduction of M. bovis. Assisted reproduction is crucial in a closed herd to make genetic improvements. M. bovis has been found in commercial semen, and contaminated semen has been the source of disease in naïve dairy herds. The objective of this study was to evaluate M. bovis transmission in bovine in vitro embryo production (IVP) using several possible exposure routes. We used a wild-type M. bovis strain isolated from semen at a final concentration of 106 CFU/mL to infect cumulus-oocyte complexes, spermatozoa, and 5-day-old embryos. We also used naturally contaminated semen in fertilization. Blastocysts were collected on day 7-8 and zona pellucida (ZP)-intact embryos were either washed 12 times, including trypsin washes as recommended by the International Embryo Technology Society (IETS), or left unwashed. Washed and unwashed embryos, follicular fluids, maturation medium, cumulus cells, fertilization medium, and G1 and G2 culture media, as well as all wash media were analyzed using enrichment culture followed by real-time PCR detection of M. bovis. Altogether, 76 pools containing 363 unwashed embryos and 52 pools containing 261 IETS washed embryos were analyzed after oocytes, spermatozoa, or 5-day-old embryos were infected with M. bovis or naturally contaminated semen was used in fertilization. We could not detect M. bovis in any of the embryo pools. M. bovis was not found in any of 12 wash media from different exposure experiments. M. bovis did not affect the blastocyst rate, except when using experimentally infected semen. Contrary to an earlier study, which used a cell co-culture system, we could not demonstrate M. bovis in embryo wash media or tight adherence of M. bovis to ZP-intact embryos. Naturally infected semen did not transmit M. bovis to embryos. We conclude that by using our IVP system, the risk of M. bovis transmission via IVP embryos to recipient cows is very low.
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Marquetoux N, Vignes M, Burroughs A, Sumner E, Sawford K, Jones G. Evaluation of the accuracy of the IDvet serological test for Mycoplasma bovis infection in cattle using latent class analysis of paired serum ELISA and quantitative real-time PCR on tonsillar swabs sampled at slaughter. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285598. [PMID: 37167206 PMCID: PMC10174590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis (Mbovis) was first detected in cattle in New Zealand (NZ) in July 2017. To prevent further spread, NZ launched a world-first National Eradication Programme in May 2018. Existing diagnostic tests for Mbovis have been applied in countries where Mbovis is endemic, for detecting infection following outbreaks of clinical disease. Diagnostic test evaluation (DTE) under NZ conditions was thus required to inform the Programme. We used Bayesian Latent Class Analysis on paired serum ELISA (ID Screen Mycoplasma bovis Indirect from IDvet) and tonsillar swabs (qPCR) for DTE in the absence of a gold standard. Tested samples were collected at slaughter between June 2018 and November 2019, from infected herds depopulated by the Programme. A first set of models evaluated the detection of active infection, i.e. the presence of Mbovis in the host. At a modified serology positivity threshold of SP%> = 90, estimates of animal-level ELISA sensitivity was 72.8% (95% credible interval 68.5%-77.4%), respectively 97.7% (95% credible interval 97.3%-98.1%) for specificity, while the qPCR sensitivity was 45.2% (95% credible interval 41.0%-49.8%), respectively 99.6% (95% credible interval 99.4%-99.8%) for specificity. In a second set of models, prior information about ELISA specificity was obtained from the National Beef Cattle Surveillance Programme, a population theoretically free-or very low prevalence-of Mbovis. These analyses aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the ELISA test targeting prior exposure to Mbovis, rather than active infection. The specificity of the ELISA for detecting exposure to Mbovis was 99.9% (95% credible interval 99.7%-100.0%), hence near perfect at the threshold SP%=90. This specificity estimate, considerably higher than in the first set of models, was equivalent to the manufacturer's estimate. The corresponding ELISA sensitivity estimate was 66.0% (95% credible interval 62.7%-70.7%). These results confirm that the IDvet ELISA test is an appropriate tool for determining exposure and infection status of herds, both to delimit and confirm the absence of Mbovis.
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- Nelly Marquetoux
- EpiCentre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
- Kate Sawford Epidemiol Consulting, Callala Bay, NSW, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Hurri E, Ohlson A, Lundberg Å, Aspán A, Pedersen K, Tråvén M. Herd-level prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in Swedish dairy herds determined by antibody ELISA and PCR on bulk tank milk and herd characteristics associated with seropositivity. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:7764-7772. [PMID: 35879164 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21390] [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: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis is an important pathogen causing pneumonia, mastitis, and arthritis in cattle, leading to reduced animal welfare and economic losses worldwide. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the prevalence of M. bovis in bulk tank milk (BTM) and herd characteristics associated with a positive antibody test result in Swedish dairy herds. Bulk tank milk samples from all Swedish dairy herds (n = 3,144) were collected and analyzed with ID Screen antibody ELISA and PCR. Information on herd characteristics was collected from the national Dairy Herd Improvement database. To identify herd characteristics associated with the presence of antibodies in BTM, logistic regression was used in 4 different models. The apparent herd-level prevalence of M. bovis infection based on antibodies in BTM was 4.8%, with large regional differences ranging from 0 to 20%. None of the BTM samples was positive by PCR. All the antibody-positive herds were situated in the south of Sweden. The logistic regression model showed that larger herds had higher odds of detectable antibodies in BTM (herd size >120 cows, odds ratio = 8.8). An association was also found between antibodies in BTM and both a higher late calf mortality (2-6 mo) and a higher young stock mortality (6-15 mo). This study showed a clear regional difference in the apparent prevalence of M. bovis infection based on antibodies. The relatively low prevalence of M. bovis in Sweden is a strong motivator for the cattle industry to take steps to prevent further spread of the infection. It is essential that the M. bovis status of free herds be known, and the regional differences shown in this study suggest that testing is highly recommended when live cattle from high-prevalence areas are being introduced into herds. We do not recommend using PCR on BTM to detect infected herds, owing to the low detection frequency in this study.
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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, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Section of Animal Health, Växa Sverige, SE-101 24 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section of Animal Health, Växa Sverige, SE-101 24 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute (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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Salgadu A, Cheung A, Schibrowski ML, Wawegama NK, Mahony TJ, Stevenson MA, Browning GF, Barnes TS, Firestone SM. Bayesian latent class analysis to estimate the optimal cut-off for the MilA ELISA for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis antibodies in sera, accounting for repeated measures. Prev Vet Med 2022; 205:105694. [PMID: 35751981 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105694] [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: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The MilA ELISA has been identified as a highly effective diagnostic tool for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis specific antibodies and has been validated for serological use in previous studies. This study aimed to estimate the optimal cut-off and corresponding estimates of diagnostic sensitivity (DSe) and diagnostic specificity (DSp) of the MilA ELISA for testing bovine serum. Serum samples from 298 feedlot cattle from 14 feedlots across four Australian states were tested on entry into the feedlot and approximately 42 days later. The paired serum samples were tested with the MilA ELISA, BIO K302 (Bio-X Diagnostics, Belgium) and BIO K260 (Bio-X Diagnostics, Belgium). A cut-off of 135 AU was estimated to be optimal using Bayesian latent class analysis with three tests in multiple populations, accounting for conditional dependence between tests. At this cut-off, the DSe and DSp of the MilA ELISA were estimated to be 92.1 % (95 % highest probability density [HPD] interval: 87.4, 95.8) and 95.5 % (95 % HPD: 92.4, 97.8), respectively. The DSes of the BIO K260 and BIO K302 ELISAs were estimated to be 60.5 % (95 % HPD: 54.0, 66.9) and 44.6 % (95 % HPD: 38.7, 50.7), respectively. DSps were 95.6 % (95 % HPD: 92.9, 97.7) and 97.8 % (95 % HPD: 95.9, 99.0), respectively. Mycoplasma bovis seroprevalence was remarkably high at follow-up after 42 days on the feedlots. Overall, this study estimated a cut-off, DSe and DSp for the MilA ELISA with less dependence on prior information than previous analyses and demonstrated that the MilA ELISA has higher DSe than the BIO K260 and BIO K302 assays.
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- Ayesha Salgadu
- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, 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, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, St Lucia and Gatton, Queensland, Australia; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, St Lucia and Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, 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, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, St Lucia and Gatton, Queensland, Australia; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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McAloon CI, McAloon CG, Tratalos J, O'Grady L, McGrath G, Guelbenzu M, Graham DA, O'Keeffe K, Barrett DJ, More SJ. Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in bulk milk samples in Irish dairy herds and risk factors associated with herd seropositive status. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:5410-5419. [PMID: 35346476 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21334] [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: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis is a serious disease of cattle worldwide; mastitis, pneumonia, and arthritis are particularly important clinical presentations in dairy herds. Mycoplasma bovis was first identified in Ireland in 1994, and the reporting of Mycoplasma-associated disease has substantially increased over the last 5 years. Despite the presumed endemic nature of M. bovis in Ireland, there is a paucity of data on the prevalence of infection, and the effect of this disease on the dairy industry. The aim of this observational study was to estimate apparent herd prevalence for M. bovis in Irish dairy herds using routinely collected bulk milk surveillance samples and to assess risk factors for herd seropositivity. In autumn 2018, 1,500 herds out of the 16,858 herds that submitted bulk tank milk (BTM) samples to the Department of Agriculture testing laboratory for routine surveillance were randomly selected for further testing. A final data set of 1,313 sampled herds with a BTM ELISA result were used for the analysis. Testing was conducted using an indirect ELISA kit (ID Screen Mycoplasma bovis). Herd-level risk factors were used as explanatory variables to determine potential risk factors associated with positive herd status (reflecting past or current exposure to M. bovis). A total of 588 of the 1,313 BTM samples were positive to M. bovis, providing an apparent herd prevalence of 0.45 (95% CI: 0.42, 0.47) in Irish dairy herds in autumn 2018. Multivariable analysis was conducted using logistic regression. The final model identified herd size, the number of neighboring farms, in-degree and county as statistically significant risk factors for herd BTM seropositivity to M. bovis. The results suggest a high apparent herd prevalence of seropositivity to M. bovis, and evidence that M. bovis infection is now endemic in the Irish dairy sector. In addition, risk factors identified are closely aligned to what we would expect of an infectious disease. Awareness raising and education about this important disease is warranted given the widespread nature of exposure and likely infection in Irish herds. Further work on the validation of diagnostic tests for herd-level diagnosis should be undertaken as a matter of priority.
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- C I McAloon
- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland.
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- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland
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- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland
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- Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland
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- Animal Health Ireland, 2-5 The Archways, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 WN27 Ireland
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- Animal Health Ireland, 2-5 The Archways, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim, N41 WN27 Ireland
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- Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Blood Testing Laboratory, Model Farm Road, Cork, T12 DK73 Ireland
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- National Disease Control Centre, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, Dublin, D02 WK12 Ireland
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- Section of Herd Health and Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland; Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 W6F6, Ireland
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Salgadu A, Firestone SM, Watt A, Thilakarathne DS, Condello AK, Siu D, Masukagami Y, Tivendale KA, Stevenson MA, Mansell PD, Browning GF, Wawegama NK. Evaluation of the MilA ELISA for the diagnosis of herd infection with Mycoplasma bovis using bulk tank milk and estimation of the prevalence of M. bovis in Australia. Vet Microbiol 2022; 270:109454. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pohjanvirta T, Vähänikkilä N, Talvitie V, Pelkonen S, Autio T. Suitability of Nasal and Deep Nasopharyngeal Swab Sampling of Calves in the Mycoplasma bovis Control Program. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:689212. [PMID: 34568471 PMCID: PMC8460904 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.689212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is an important cattle pathogen affecting animal health, welfare, and productivity. The main disease syndromes are mastitis, pneumonia, and otitis media in young stock, as well as arthritis. Response to antibiotic treatment is poor and no effective vaccine is available. Asymptomatic carriers are common and usually harbor the organism in the airways or mammary glands. Purchase of carrier animals is a major risk for the introduction of infection into naive herds. Following the detection of M. bovis in Finland in 2012, a voluntary control program was established. It aims to prevent the spread of the infection and to help farms attain certification of a low M. bovis risk. Among the diagnostic tools in the program, nasal swabs (NS) from young calves have been tested for M. bovis to indicate the infection status of the herd. In this study, we assessed the suitability of this test method. We analyzed the effectiveness of NS and deep nasopharyngeal swabs (NP) to detect M. bovis in pneumonic and healthy calves in dairy herds recently infected with M. bovis. In pneumonic calves, NP sampling followed by culture and real-time PCR demonstrated a proportion of positive agreement (PPA) of 0.91 compared with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), whereas NS showed only 0.5 PPA compared with BAL. Among healthy dairy calves, overall M. bovis prevalence in NS was 29.6%. The highest rate of shedding (43%) occurred in calves 31–60 days old. At the calf level, M. bovis prevalence in NP samples was 47% compared with 33% in NS samples among the 284 studied calves. However, at the herd level, NS sampling classified 51 out of 54 herds with a positive infection status as infected, whereas in NP sampling, the respective figure was 43 out of 54 herds (p = 0.061). In conclusion, NS sampling from calves under 6 months of age and analyzed by real-time PCR is a cost-efficient method for a control program to detect M. bovis in dairy herds, even if no M. bovis mastitis has been detected in the herd. For pneumonic calves, we recommend only NP or BAL sampling.
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- Tarja Pohjanvirta
- Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology, Finnish Food Authority, Kuopio, Finland
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- Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology, Finnish Food Authority, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland.,Animal Health Ettry, Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology, Finnish Food Authority, Kuopio, Finland
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- Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology, Finnish Food Authority, Kuopio, Finland
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Decision tree analysis for pathogen identification based on circumstantial factors in outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease in calves. Prev Vet Med 2021; 196:105469. [PMID: 34500221 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Respiratory tract infections continue to be a leading cause of economic loss, hampered animal welfare and intensive antimicrobial use in cattle operations, worldwide. To better target antimicrobial therapy, control and prevention towards the involved pathogens, there is a growing interest in microbiological tests on respiratory samples. However, these tests are time consuming, cost money and sampling might compromise animal welfare. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to develop immediately applicable decision trees for pathogen identification in outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease based on circumstantial factors. Data from a cross sectional study, involving 201 outbreaks of bovine respiratory disease in dairy and beef farms between 2016 and 2019 was used. Pathogens were identified by a semi-quantitative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) on a pooled non-endoscopic broncho-alveolar lavage sample from clinically affected animals. Potential risk factors of involved animals, environment, management and housing were obtained by enquiry. Classification and regression tree analysis was used for decision tree development with cross-validation. Different trees were constructed, involving a general 3-group classification tree (viruses, Mycoplasma bovis or Pasteurellaceae family) and a tree for each single pathogen. The general 3- group classification tree was 52.7 % accurate and had a sensitivity of 81.5 % and a specificity 52.2 % for viruses, respectively 51.7 % and 84.4 % for M. bovis and 28.9 % and 93.6 % for Pasteurellaceae. The single-pathogen trees were more specific than sensitive: Histophilus somni (Se = 25.8 %; Sp = 94.5 %), Mannheimia haemolytica (Se = 69.2 %; Sp = 70.6 %), bovine coronavirus (Se = 42.2 %; Sp = 89.6 %) and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (Se = 34.0 %; Sp = 96.6 %). For Pasteurella multocida, M. bovis and parainfluenzavirus type 3 no meaningful tree was obtained. The concept and trees are promising, but currently lack sensitivity and specificity in order to be a reliable tool for practice. For now, the obtained trees can already be informative for decision making to some extend depending on the end node in which an outbreak falls.
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Autio T, Tuunainen E, Nauholz H, Pirkkalainen H, London L, Pelkonen S. Overview of Control Programs for Non-eu-regulated Cattle Diseases in Finland. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:688936. [PMID: 34395573 PMCID: PMC8361753 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.688936] [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: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Animal disease control has a long tradition in Finland. The country is free of all EU-regulated cattle diseases of categories A and B. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, enzootic bovine leucosis, bovine viral diarrhea, bluetongue, bovine genital campylobacteriosis, and trichomoniasis do not currently exist in the country. The prevalence of paratuberculosis, Mycoplasma bovis, salmonella infection, and Q-fever is low. The geographic location, cold climate, low cattle density, and limited animal imports have contributed to the favorable disease situation. Besides screening for selected regulated diseases, the national disease-monitoring program includes periodic active monitoring of non-regulated diseases, which allows assessment of the need for new control measures. The detection of diseases through efficient passive surveillance also plays an important part in disease monitoring. The Finnish cattle population totals 850,000 animals kept on 9,300 cattle farms, with 62,000 suckler cows in 2,100 herds and 260,000 dairy cows in 6,300 herds. Animal Health ETT, an association owned by the dairy and meat industry, keeps a centralized cattle health care register. Animal Health ETT supervises cattle imports and trade within the country and runs voluntary control programs (CP) for selected diseases. Active cooperation between authorities, the cattle industry, Animal Health ETT, and herd health experts enables the efficient planning and implementation of CPs. CPs have been implemented for cattle diseases such as salmonella, Mycoplasma bovis, ringworm, and Streptococcus agalactiae. The CP for salmonellosis is compulsory and includes all Salmonella serotypes and all cattle types. It has achieved the goal of keeping the salmonella prevalence under 1% of cattle herds. CPs for M. bovis, ringworm, and S. agalactiae are on a voluntary basis and privately funded. The CP for Mycoplasma was designed in collaboration with national experts and has been implemented since 2013. The CP includes observation of clinical signs, nasal swab sampling from calves, and bulk tank milk and clinical mastitis samples for M. bovis. M. bovis-negative herds gradually achieve lower status levels for M. bovis infection. The general challenge facing voluntary CPs is getting farms to join the programs.
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- Tiina Autio
- Finnish Food Authority, Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Unit, Kuopio, Finland
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- Finnish Food Authority, Virology Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Food Authority, Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Unit, Kuopio, Finland
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Gard Schnuelle J. Emerging diseases in international trade in embryos. Reprod Fertil Dev 2021; 33:55-65. [PMID: 38769671 DOI: 10.1071/rd20207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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A significant change in cattle production and germplasm exchange has occurred over the past 50 years. The growth of artificial reproductive technologies and their broad implementation has become commonplace. The production and subsequent import and export of semen and embryos throughout the world has increased significantly. The embryo transfer industry has reached a new record of growth, with approximately 1.5 million transferrable bovine embryos collected and/or produced in 2018. Over 1 million of these embryos were produced invitro . The increased production of invitro -produced embryos leads to greater opportunities involving international trade. However, further research concerning emerging pathogens is imperative to ensure the efficacy and safety of the embryo transfer industry. Appropriate biosecurity protocols, including reliable testing methodology and effective embryo processing procedures, are key in preventing disease due to emerging and re-emerging pathogens that can be transmitted via embryo transfer.
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- Julie Gard Schnuelle
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5522, USA
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Haapala V, Vähänikkilä N, Kulkas L, Tuunainen E, Pohjanvirta T, Autio T, Pelkonen S, Soveri T, Simojoki H. Mycoplasma bovis infection in dairy herds-Risk factors and effect of control measures. J Dairy Sci 2020; 104:2254-2265. [PMID: 33309344 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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As Mycoplasma bovis spreads to new countries and becomes increasingly recognized as a disease with major welfare and economic effects, control measures on dairy farms are needed. To minimize the risk of infection spread to naive herds, all possible risk factors for M. bovis infection should be identified and controlled. Mycoplasma bovis was first diagnosed in dairy cattle in Finland in 2012, and by January 2020, 86 Finnish dairy farms (<1.5%) supporting M. bovis infections were identified. We evaluated risk factors for M. bovis infection using a questionnaire provided to 40 infected and 30 control dairy farms. Control measures were advised for 19 of the infected dairy farms during visits by a veterinarian. The course of the infection on those farms was followed by analyzing calf nasal swabs with PCR for presence of M. bovis 4 times at 6-mo intervals. Control measures included culling of M. bovis mastitic cows, isolation of new calves from older animals after initial M. bovis mastitic cows had been culled, prevention of nose-to-nose contact with infected animals, early detection of mastitis cases using M. bovis PCR, and hygiene measures mainly related to milking, calf pens, feeding buckets, and teats. Farms implemented the control measures related to the isolation of calves or avoidance of nose-to-nose contact in various ways, according to farm structures and financial circumstances.
In our study, the control measures recommended to the dairy farms appeared effective, such that 13 of 19 farms reached a low risk level during at least 3 consecutive negative samplings from calves, with no M. bovis mastitis detected subsequently. Among risk factors, insemination with an M. bovis-positive bull indicated a trend of increasing the odds of M. bovis infection on the farm in a multivariable logistic model. In contrast, higher herd average milk yield had an association with lower odds for M. bovis infection. Occurrence of other infectious diseases affecting several animals on the dairy farm in the previous 6 mo before M. bovis infection were more frequent on M. bovis-infected farms.
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- Vera Haapala
- Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Paroninkuja 20, 04920 Saarentaus, Finland.
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- Finnish Food Authority, Neulaniementie 4, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Paroninkuja 20, 04920 Saarentaus, Finland
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- Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Paroninkuja 20, 04920 Saarentaus, Finland; Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, PL 27 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Tardy F, Aspan A, Autio T, Ridley A, Tricot A, Colin A, Pohjanvirta T, Smid B, Harders F, Lindegaard M, Tølbøll Lauritsen K, Lyhs U, Wisselink HJ, Strube ML. Mycoplasma bovis in Nordic European Countries: Emergence and Dominance of a New Clone. Pathogens 2020; 9:E875. [PMID: 33114269 PMCID: PMC7716209 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9110875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma (M.) bovis is an important pathogen of cattle implicated in a broad range of clinical manifestations that adversely impacts livestock production worldwide. In the absence of a safe, effective commercial vaccine in Europe, the reported reduced susceptibility to antimicrobials for this organism has contributed to difficulties in controlling infection. Despite global presence, some countries have only recently experienced outbreaks of this pathogen. In the present study, M. bovis isolates collected in Denmark between 1981 and 2016 were characterized to determine (i) genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships using whole genome sequencing and various sequence-based typing methods and (ii) patterns of antimicrobial resistance compared to other European isolates. The M. bovis population in Denmark was found to be highly homogeneous genomically and with respect to the antimicrobial resistance profile. Previously dominated by an old genotype shared by many other countries (ST17 in the PubMLST legacy scheme), a new predominant type represented by ST94-adh1 has emerged. The same clone is also found in Sweden and Finland, where M. bovis introduction is more recent. Although retrieved from the Netherlands, it appears absent from France, two countries with a long history of M. bovis infection where the M. bovis population is more diverse.
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- Florence Tardy
- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden;
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- Finnish Food Authority, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; (T.A.); (T.P.)
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey KT15 3NB, UK;
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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Efficacy of Two Antibiotic-Extender Combinations on Mycoplasma bovis in Bovine Semen Production. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100808. [PMID: 33008110 PMCID: PMC7601584 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is an important bovine pathogen. Artificial insemination (AI) using contaminated semen can introduce the agent into a naïve herd. Antibiotics, most often gentamycin, tylosin, lincomycin, spectinomycin (GTLS) combination are added to semen extender to prevent transmission of pathogenic bacteria and mycoplasmas. In a commercial AI straw production system with industrial scale procedures, we analyzed the mycoplasmacidal efficacy of GTLS and ofloxacin on M. bovis ATCC and wild type strain isolated from commercial AI straws. The strains were spiked at two concentrations (106 and 103 CFU/mL) into semen. Viable M. bovis in frozen semen straws was detected by enrichment culture and real-time PCR. We also compared different protocols to extract M. bovis DNA from spiked semen. None of the antibiotic protocols had any effect on the viability of either of the M. bovis strains at high spiking concentration. At low concentration, the wild type was inhibited by all other protocols, except low GTLS, whereas the ATCC strain was inhibited only by high GTLS. The InstaGene™ matrix was the most effective method to extract M. bovis DNA from semen. When there is a low M. bovis contamination level in semen, GTLS used at high concentrations, in accordance with Certified Semen Services requirements, is more efficient than GTLS used at concentrations stated in the OIE Terrestrial Code.
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Petersen MB, Pedersen L, Pedersen LM, Nielsen LR. Field Experience of Antibody Testing against Mycoplasma bovis in Adult Cows in Commercial Danish Dairy Cattle Herds. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9080637. [PMID: 32781506 PMCID: PMC7460496 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9080637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis in cattle is difficult to diagnose. Recently, the ID screen® mycoplasma bovis indirect ELISA (ID screen) was commercially released by IDVet. The objectives of this study were to: (1) gain and share experience of using the ID screen in adult dairy cows under field conditions; (2) determine the correlation between antibody levels in milk and serum and (3) compare the ID screen results with those of the Bio K 302 (BioX 302) ELISA from BioX Diagnostics. Paired serum and milk samples were collected from 270 cows from 12 Danish dairy herds with three categories of M. bovis disease history. The ID screen tested nearly all cows positive in all, but the three non-infected herds, while the BioX 302 tested very few cows positive. The ID screen is therefore a much more sensitive test than the BioX 302. However, cows in five exposed herds without signs of ongoing infection and two herds with no history of M. bovis infection also tested ID screen positive. Therefore, the performance and interpretation of the test must be investigated under field conditions in best practice test evaluation setups. A concordance correlation coefficient of 0.66 (95% CI: 0.59–0.72) between the ID screen serum and milk results indicates that milk samples can replace serum samples for the ID screen diagnosis of M. bovis in adult cows.
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- Mette Bisgaard Petersen
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Agrovej 5A, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 8, 1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark;
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Dudek K, Nicholas RAJ, Szacawa E, Bednarek D. Mycoplasma bovis Infections-Occurrence, Diagnosis and Control. Pathogens 2020; 9:E640. [PMID: 32781697 PMCID: PMC7459460 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9080640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is a cause of bronchopneumonia, mastitis and arthritis but may also affect other main organs in cattle such us the eye, ear or brain. Despite its non-zoonotic character, M. bovis infections are responsible for substantial economic health and welfare problems worldwide. M. bovis has spread worldwide, including to countries for a long time considered free of the pathogen. Control of M. bovis infections is hampered by a lack of effective vaccines and treatments due to increasing trends in antimicrobial resistance. This review summarizes the latest data on the epizootic situation of M. bovis infections and new sources/routes of transmission of the infection, and discusses the progress in diagnostics. The review includes various recommendations and suggestions which could be applied to infection control programs.
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- Katarzyna Dudek
- Department of Cattle and Sheep Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, 57 Partyzantów Avenue, 24100 Pulawy, Poland; (E.S.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Cattle and Sheep Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, 57 Partyzantów Avenue, 24100 Pulawy, Poland; (E.S.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Cattle and Sheep Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, 57 Partyzantów Avenue, 24100 Pulawy, Poland; (E.S.); (D.B.)
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Özdemir S. Expression profiling of microRNAs in the Mycoplasma bovis infected mammary gland tissue in Holstein Friesian cattle. Microb Pathog 2020; 147:104426. [PMID: 32768518 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The immune response associated with mastitis caused by Mycoplasma bovis is a very complicated biological process in several type of cells, including immune cells, mammary epithelial cells, and endothelial cells. Thus, revealing of the microRNAs in the Mycoplasma bovis infected mammary gland tissues is particularly important for the immune response mechanism to Mycoplasma bovis. Firstly, 20 mammary gland tissue samples were collected from Holstein Friesian cattle that was located in Erzurum province at 2018 and screened for Mycoplasma bovis. Then, total RNA was isolated from Mycoplasma bovis infected tissues and high-throughput sequencing was performed. After bioinformatics analysis, GO and KEGG analysis of target genes of identified microRNAs were conducted. In this study, a total of 616 microRNAs were found. Our results revealed that 24 of the known microRNAs were expressed differently and 13 of the novel microRNAs were expressed differently in Mycoplasma bovis positive tissues. The target genes of these microRNAs were found to be associated with especially inflammation pathways, including B cell and T cell receptor signaling, Fc gamma R-mediated, phagocytosis/chemokine signaling, and MAPK signaling. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that identified miRNAs may be involved in the signaling pathways during mastitis caused by Mycoplasma bovis.
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- Selçuk Özdemir
- Atatürk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Genetics, Erzurum, Turkey.
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Fujimoto Y, Ito H, Higuchi H, Ohno H, Makita K. A case-control study of herd- and cow-level risk factors associated with an outbreak of Mycoplasma mastitis in Nemuro, Japan. Prev Vet Med 2020; 177:104946. [PMID: 32151783 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objective of this case-control study was to determine the herd- and cow-level risk factors associated with an outbreak of Mycoplasma bovine mastitis in the winter of 2014-2015 in Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Two questionnaire surveys were sent to all 40 Mycoplasma-infected farms in the area and 73 non-infected farms for the farm-level analysis. Infected cows were matched to twice the number of non-infected cows in the same herds by parity and days after calving. Movement records, dairy herd test records, and clinical records of infected cows and matched non-infected cows were collected for the cow-level analysis. Risk factors for Mycoplasma infection were explored by multivariable analyses at both levels. In the herd-level analysis, tie stall housing for milking cows (odds ratio [OR] = 0.20, 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.07-0.60, p = 0.004), consciously wiping of teat openings before milking (OR = 0.15, 95 % CI: 0.02-0.76, p = 0.030), and use of paper towels to wipe teats (OR = 0.31, 95 % CI: 0.09-0.92, p = 0.045) were identified as preventive factors, whereas introduction of cattle (OR = 3.43, 95 % CI: 1.14-10.86, p = 0.030) was identified as a risk factor. In the cow-level analysis, a history of presence in livestock markets (OR = 10.80, 95 % CI: 1.12-104.38, p = 0.040), higher milk yield 2 months prior to Mycoplasma infection (OR = 1.09, 95 % CI: 1.02-1.18, p = 0.014), and previous diagnosis of acute mastitis without isolation of the causal pathogen (OR = 3.14, 95 % CI: 0.86-11.41, p = 0.082) were identified as risk factors. These results highlight the importance of proper milking hygiene control and quarantine of introduced cattle to prevent Mycoplasma infection.
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- Yuri Fujimoto
- Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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- Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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- Animal Health Unit, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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- Hokkaido Higashi Agriculture Mutual Aid Association, 6-1 Nishi 6 Minami 11, Nakashibetsu-Cho, Hokkaido, 086-1106, Japan.
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- Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyodai Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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Mahdizadeh S, Sawford K, van Andel M, Browning GF. Efficacy of citric acid and sodium hypochlorite as disinfectants against Mycoplasma bovis. Vet Microbiol 2020; 243:108630. [PMID: 32273009 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108630] [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: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis, a cattle pathogen of major economic importance across the globe, causes a range of diseases, including pneumonia and mastitis. Because of the limited options for effective treatment of these diseases, prevention and control are preferred to diagnosis and treatment. In this study, the efficacies of citric acid and sodium hypochlorite as disinfectants against M. bovis were tested using a modification of a standardised method for assessing the efficacy of disinfectants against bacteria. A citric acid concentration of 0.5 % was found to be an effective disinfectant, reducing infectivity by close to 106 fold, while sodium hypochlorite at 1% was found to have similar efficacy to 0.5 % citric acid. A 0.04 % concentration of sodium hypochlorite was effective against M. bovis only in the absence of any organic material. Under these conditions, 0.25 % citric acid found to have similar efficacy. These findings indicate that 0.5 % citric acid or 1 % sodium hypochlorite are likely to be effective disinfectants for M. bovis under field conditions and 0.04 % sodium hypochlorite or 0.25 % citric acid are likely to be effective following removal of organic material.
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- Sara Mahdizadeh
- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Mycoplasma bovis Directorate, Biosecurity New Zealand, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand; Kate Sawford Epidemiological Consulting Pty Ltd., New South Wales, 2622, Australia
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Mycoplasma bovis Directorate, Biosecurity New Zealand, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
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Timonen AAE, Autio T, Pohjanvirta T, Häkkinen L, Katholm J, Petersen A, Mõtus K, Kalmus P. Dynamics of the within-herd prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis intramammary infection in endemically infected dairy herds. Vet Microbiol 2020; 242:108608. [PMID: 32122612 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We aimed to identify the dynamics of the within-herd prevalence of Mycoplasma (M.) bovis intramammary infection (IMI) in four dairy herds, estimate prevalence of M. bovis in colostrum and clinical mastitis cases and compare M. bovis strains from calves' respiratory and cow clinical mastitis samples. Within a six-month study period, cow composite milk samples (CMS) were collected three times during routine milk recording, first milking colostrum samples from all calving cows and udder quarter milk samples from clinical mastitis cases. Calf respiratory samples were collected from calves with respiratory disease. Pooled milk samples were analysed for M. bovis with the Mastitis 4B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kit (DNA Diagnostic A/S). Prevalence estimates were calculated with Bayesian framework in R statistical programme. cg-MLST was used for M. bovis genotyping. In Herd I and II first testing M. bovis IMI within-herd prevalence (95 % credibility interval (CI)) was 4.7 % (2.9; 6.8) and 3.4 % (2.3; 4.6), changing to 1.0 % (0.1; 1.7) and 0.8 % (0.1; 1.4) in Herd I and 0.4 % (0.0; 0.7) in Herd II at the next samplings. In Herd III and IV first testing M. bovis IMI within-herd prevalence was 12.3 % (9.7; 15.2) and 7.8 % (6.2; 9.5), changing to 4.6 % (3.0; 6.4) and 3.2 % (1.9; 4.8) in Herd III and to 2.8 % (1.9; 3.8) and 4.9 % (3.6; 6.4) in Herd IV at the next samplings. The estimated prevalence of M. bovis in colostrum ranged between 1.7 % (0.2; 2.8) and 4.7 % (2.7; 7.1) and in clinical mastitis cases between 3.7 % (1.7; 6.4) and 11.0 % (7.5; 15.2) in the study herds. M. bovis strains isolated from cows and calves clustered within herds indicating possible transmission of M. bovis between dairy cows and calves. Prevalence of M. bovis in colostrum and clinical mastitis cases as well as the within-herd prevalence of M. bovis IMI was low in endemically infected dairy herds.
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- Anri A E Timonen
- Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006 Tartu, Estonia.
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- Finnish Food Authority, Laboratory and Research Division, Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Unit, Neulaniementie 4, Kuopio, 70210, Finland
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- Finnish Food Authority, Laboratory and Research Division, Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Unit, Neulaniementie 4, Kuopio, 70210, Finland
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- Estonian Veterinary and Food Laboratory, Kreutzwaldi 30, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
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- DNA Diagnostic A/S, Voldbjergvej 14, 8240 Risskov, Denmark
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- Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
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- Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
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Özdemir S, Altun S. Genome-wide analysis of mRNAs and lncRNAs in Mycoplasma bovis infected and non-infected bovine mammary gland tissues. Mol Cell Probes 2020; 50:101512. [PMID: 31972225 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) causes diseases such as arthritis, pneumonia, abortion, and mastitis, leading to great losses in the bovine dairy industries. RNA types such as messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play significant roles in regulating the immune responses triggered by bacteria. The expression profiles of mRNA and lncRNA as they occur in bovine mammary gland tissues infected with M. bovis are still not well understood. To illuminate this issue, transcription analysis of mRNA and LncRNAs were conducted on the mammary gland tissues belonging to Holstein cattle infected and not infected with M. bovis. The analysis revealed 1310 differentially expressed mRNAs and 57 differentially expressed lncRNAs in the bovine mammary gland tissues infected and not infected with M. bovis. In addition, 392 novel lncRNAs were detected, 19 of which were differentially expressed. Gene ontology analysis reveals that differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs play significant roles in such vital biological pathways as metabolic pathways, T-cell receptor signaling, TGF-beta signaling, pathways in cancer, PI3K-Akt signaling, NF-kappa B signaling, mTOR signaling, and apoptosis, including in the immune response to cancer. Based on our literature review, this study is the first genome-wide lncRNA research conducted on bovine mammary gland tissues infected with M. bovis. Our results provide bovine mammary gland lncRNA and mRNA resources to understand their roles in the regulation of the immune response against the agent M. bovis in bovine mammary gland tissues.
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- Selçuk Özdemir
- Atatürk Üniversity Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Depertmant of Genetics, Erzurum, 25430, Turkey.
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- Atatürk Üniversity Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Depertmant of Pathology, Erzurum, 25430, Turkey
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Scott MA, Woolums AR, Swiderski CE, Perkins AD, Nanduri B, Smith DR, Karisch BB, Epperson WB, Blanton JR. Whole blood transcriptomic analysis of beef cattle at arrival identifies potential predictive molecules and mechanisms that indicate animals that naturally resist bovine respiratory disease. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227507. [PMID: 31929561 PMCID: PMC6957175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a multifactorial disease complex and the leading infectious disease in post-weaned beef cattle. Clinical manifestations of BRD are recognized in beef calves within a high-risk setting, commonly associated with weaning, shipping, and novel feeding and housing environments. However, the understanding of complex host immune interactions and genomic mechanisms involved in BRD susceptibility remain elusive. Utilizing high-throughput RNA-sequencing, we contrasted the at-arrival blood transcriptomes of 6 beef cattle that ultimately developed BRD against 5 beef cattle that remained healthy within the same herd, differentiating BRD diagnosis from production metadata and treatment records. We identified 135 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using the differential gene expression tools edgeR and DESeq2. Thirty-six of the DEGs shared between these two analysis platforms were prioritized for investigation of their relevance to infectious disease resistance using WebGestalt, STRING, and Reactome. Biological processes related to inflammatory response, immunological defense, lipoxin metabolism, and macrophage function were identified. Production of specialized pro-resolvin mediators (SPMs) and endogenous metabolism of angiotensinogen were increased in animals that resisted BRD. Protein-protein interaction modeling of gene products with significantly higher expression in cattle that naturally acquire BRD identified molecular processes involving microbial killing. Accordingly, identification of DEGs in whole blood at arrival revealed a clear distinction between calves that went on to develop BRD and those that resisted BRD. These results provide novel insight into host immune factors that are present at the time of arrival that confer protection from BRD.
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- Matthew A. Scott
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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Andersson AM, Aspán A, Wisselink HJ, Smid B, Ridley A, Pelkonen S, Autio T, Lauritsen KT, Kensø J, Gaurivaud P, Tardy F. A European inter-laboratory trial to evaluate the performance of three serological methods for diagnosis of Mycoplasma bovis infection in cattle using latent class analysis. BMC Vet Res 2019; 15:369. [PMID: 31653217 PMCID: PMC6814985 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-019-2117-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is an emerging bovine pathogen, leading to significant economic losses in the livestock industry worldwide. Infection can result in a variety of clinical signs, such as arthritis, pneumonia, mastitis and keratoconjunctivitis, none of which are M. bovis-specific. Laboratory diagnosis is therefore important. Serological tests to detect M. bovis antibodies is considered an effective indicator of infection in a herd and often used as a herd test. Combined with clinical judgement, it can also be used to implement control strategies and/or to estimate the disease prevalence within a country. However, due to lack of harmonisation of approaches to testing, and serological tests used by different laboratories, comparisons of prevalence data between countries is often difficult. A network of researchers from six European countries designed and participated in an inter-laboratory trial, with the aim of evaluating the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of two commercially available ELISA tests (ID Screen® ELISA (IDvet) and BIO K302 ELISA (BIO-X Diagnostics)) for diagnosis of M. bovis infection. Each laboratory received a blinded panel of bovine sera and tested independently, according to manufacturer’s instructions. Western blot analyses (WB) performed by one of the participating laboratories was used as a third diagnostic test in the statistical evaluation of Se and Sp values using latent class analysis. Results The Se of WB, the ID Screen® ELISA and the BIO K302 ELISA were determined to be 91.8, 93.5 and 49.1% respectively, and corresponding Sp of the three tests were 99.6, 98.6 and 89.6%, respectively. Conclusions The present study is, to our knowledge, the first to present an inter-laboratory comparison of the BIO K302 ELISA and the ID Screen® ELISA. Based on our results, the ID Screen® ELISA showed high consistency with WB and performed with higher precision and accuracy than the BIO K302 ELISA.
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- National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, P.O. Box 65, 8200, AB, Lelystad, the Netherlands.
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, P.O. Box 65, 8200, AB, Lelystad, the Netherlands
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, UK
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- Université de Lyon, Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des ruminants, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des ruminants, Lyon, France
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