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Oliveira RC, Yamaguti M, Marques LM, Buzinhani M, Rizzo H, Meira-Junior EBDS, Guimarães AMS, Gregory L, Timenetsky J. Molecular characterization of ureaplasmas isolated from reproductive tract of goats and sheep from Brazil. Braz J Microbiol 2017; 48:560-565. [PMID: 28320598 PMCID: PMC5498442 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Ovine/caprine ureaplasmas have not yet been assigned a species designation, but they have been classified into nine serotypes. Herein ureaplasmas were searched for in 120 samples of vulvo vaginal mucous from sheep and 98 samples from goats at 17 farms. In addition, semen samples were collected from 11 sheep and 23 goats. The recovered ureaplasma were from sheep and goats from animals without any reproductive disorder symptoms, but not all animals presented positive cultures. In sheep, 17 (68%) cultures of vulvovaginal mucous were positive for ureaplasma and 11 (27%) samples of semen presented positive cultures in animals with clinical signs of orchitis, balanoposthitis or low sperm motility. In goats four ureaplasma isolates were obtained from vulvovaginal mucus, but the semen samples were all negative. The isolates were submitted to Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis methodology and their 16S rRNA genes were sequenced. Fifty percent of ureaplasma recovered from sheep allowed for PFGE typing. Eleven isolates showed eight profiles genetically close to the bovine ureaplasmas. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed differences or similarities of isolates from sheep and goats, and the reference strains of bovine and human ureaplasma. Four clinical isolates from sheep were grouped separately. The studied ureaplasma isolates showed to be a diverse group of mollicutes.
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- Rosângela C Oliveira
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto Multidisciplinar em Saúde, Núcleo de Tecnologia em Saúde, Bahia, BA, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Clínica Médica, São Pualo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Clínica Médica, São Pualo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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dos Santos SB, de Souza Neto OL, de Albuquerque PPF, da Rocha Mota A, de Cássia Peixoto Kim P, de Moraes EPBX, do Nascimento ER, do Mota RA. Detection of Ureaplasma spp. in semen samples from sheep in Brazil. Braz J Microbiol 2014; 44:911-4. [PMID: 24516459 PMCID: PMC3910211 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013000300040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A study was conducted to verify the presence of mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas DNA in sheep semen samples from the State of Pernambuco. The PCR assay was conducted of according with standard protocols with generic primers. Mollicutes DNA was detected in 26.0% and Ureaplasma spp. in 12.0% of semen samples.
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- Sandra Batista dos Santos
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Veterinary Medicine School, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Ball H, McCaughey W. An Examination of the effects of ureaplasma infection on the fertility of synchronised ewes. Anim Reprod Sci 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/0378-4320(87)90119-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ball HJ, Mackie DP. The ovine mammary gland as an experimental model to determine the virulence of animal ureaplasmas. J Hyg (Lond) 1985; 95:375-82. [PMID: 3934261 PMCID: PMC2129543 DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400062793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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As an estimate of their virulence, the ability of ovine, bovine, canine, feline and simian ureaplasma strains to cause mastitis in the ovine mammary gland was investigated. Five ovine ureaplasmas produced a clinical mastitis. Broth cultures of seven bovine ureaplasmas were unable to infect the ovine gland, but two of these strains plus one other were able to do so following passage through the bovine udder. One of two canine strains and a feline strain both caused mastitis, but the simian strain persisted at low titre for only 5 days post-inoculation in one of the two ewes tested.
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Ball HJ, Mackie DP. The experimental production of mastitis in ewes as a determinant of the virulence of ovine ureaplasma strains. Vet Microbiol 1985; 10:117-23. [PMID: 4039088 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(85)90013-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Seven out of eight ovine ureaplasma strains inoculated into the mammary gland of suckling ewes produced a mastitis. The pattern of infection was single phase in 5 ewes, persisting for 12-41 days, and biphasic in 3 ewes, persisting in 2 of them until weaning at 60 days and 3 months post-infection. Sucking lambs did not become infected in the eye or nasal areas, and did not transfer infection to the control contralateral glands.
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