| prevalence of hemoplasma infection among cattle in the western part of japan. | we have examined for hemoplasma infection among cattle in the hiroshima and miyazaki prefectures by using a sensitive real-time pcr, with sybr green i and with melting curve analysis, which allow to distinguish the two bovine hemoplasma species, mycoplasma wenyonii and 'candidatus m. haemobos'. we found 69.4% of 36 cattle in hiroshima and 93.8% of 32 cattle in miyazaki infected with either of these two hemoplasma species. high morbidity in western part of japan may reflect the activity of arthro ... | 2011 | 21799295 |