Serological studies to determine the occurrence of Johne's disease and mycoplasma infection in the Northern-East Polish population of European bison (Bison bonasus)

Pol J Vet Sci. 2014;17(4):721-3. doi: 10.2478/pjvs-2014-0105.

Abstract

A serological study of twenty three European bison (Bison bonasus) derived from Northern-East Poland for the seroprevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Mycoplasma bovis, Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC, Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae was conducted. Only specific antibodies to M. bovis were detected in two animals (8.7%) which were connected with the clinical signs and macroscopic anatomopathological lesions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bison / blood*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / blood
  • Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology
  • Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
  • Paratuberculosis / blood*
  • Paratuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Serologic Tests / veterinary