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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark

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Bacteriology & Pathology, Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark1

Division of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark2

National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark3

Technical University of Denmark4

Mycoplasma alkalescens is an arginine-metabolizing mycoplasma, which has been found in association with mastitis and arthritis in cattle. Routine bacteriological examination of 17 bronchoalveolar lavage samples from calves with pneumonia in a single herd in Denmark, identified M. alkalescens in eight samples.

The organism was found as a sole bacterilogical findings in five of the samples as well as in combination with Mannheimia haemolytica, Haemophilus somni and Salmonella Dublin. This is the first report of isolation of M. alkalescens in Denmark.

Language: English
Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2007
Pages: 2-2
ISSN: 17510147 and 0044605x
Types: Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-49-2

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