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First molecular isolation of Mycoplasma ovis from small ruminants in North Africa

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Title First molecular isolation of Mycoplasma ovis from small ruminants in North Africa
 
Creator Rijeibi, Mohammed
 
Contributor Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz
Omri, Houda
Souidi, Khemais
Rekik, Mourad
Gharbi, Mohamed
 
Subject mycoplasma ovis
 
Description Eperythrozoonosis is a small ruminant disease caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma ovis (formerly known as Eperythrozoon ovis). Whilst acute infection in sheep may result in an anaemia and ill thrift syndrome, most animals do not develop clinical signs. Molecular methods were used to compare and evaluate the prevalence of infection with M. ovis in sheep and goats in Tunisia. A total of 739 whole blood samples from 573 sheep and 166 goats were tested for the M. ovis 16S rRNA gene using PCR. The overall prevalence was 6.28% ± 0.019 (36/573). Only sheep were infected with M. ovis (p < 0.001), and the prevalence was significantly higher in central Tunisia (29.2%) compared with other regions (p < 0.05). The prevalence revealed significant differences according to breed and bioclimatic zones (p < 0.001). Furthermore, the prevalence in young sheep (35/330; 10.6%) was higher than in adults (1/243; 0.41%) (p < 0.001). Only sheep of the Barbarine breed were infected, with a prevalence of 11.8% (p < 0.001). This is the first molecular study and genetic characterisation of M. ovis in North African sheep breeds.
 
Date 2015-06-08
2016-02-14T08:08:17Z
2016-02-14T08:08:17Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://www.ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/912
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278157115_First_molecular_isolation_of_Mycoplasma_ovis_from_small_ruminants_in_North_Africa
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Mohammed Rijeibi, Mohamed Aziz Darghouth, Houda Omri, Khemais Souidi, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi. (8/6/2015). First molecular isolation of Mycoplasma ovis from small ruminants in North Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 82 (1).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4363
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research;82,(2015)