Serological study of contagious agalactia in herds of goats in the Canary Islands

P Assunção; C De la Fe; A S Ramirez; M Andrada; J B Poveda

doi:10.1136/vr.154.22.684

Serological study of contagious agalactia in herds of goats in the Canary Islands

Vet Rec. 2004 May 29;154(22):684-7. doi: 10.1136/vr.154.22.684.

Authors

P Assunção¹, C De la Fe, A S Ramirez, M Andrada, J B Poveda

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas, Transmontaña s/n 35416 Arucas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

PMID: 15200073
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.22.684

Abstract

An indirect ELISA, using local strains of Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides large colony (MmmLC), was applied to evaluate the seroprevalence of M agalactiae and MmmLC in flocks of goats on each of the Canary Islands. In total 3890 samples of serum were collected from 204 flocks. The results indicated that the seroprevalence of both organisms is high on all the islands; average values of 55 per cent and 67 per cent were recorded, respectively, for M agalactiae and MmmLC.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
Atlantic Islands / epidemiology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
Goat Diseases / blood
Goat Diseases / epidemiology*
Goat Diseases / microbiology
Goats
Lactation Disorders / epidemiology
Lactation Disorders / microbiology
Lactation Disorders / veterinary*
Mycoplasma Infections / blood
Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
Mycoplasma agalactiae / immunology*
Mycoplasma agalactiae / isolation & purification
Mycoplasma mycoides / immunology*
Mycoplasma mycoides / isolation & purification
Sensitivity and Specificity
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial