| emmy klieneberger-nobel award lecture: the protein fingerprints of mycoplasmas. | the proteins of 91 strains of mycoplasma from 19 established species and three groups of uncertain taxonomic position were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. considerable variations in protein patterns were found among strains from the same species or subspecies; the percentage of matching spots (% of congruence) ranged from 42%-100%, but many proteins were strongly conserved in all strains of a given species. maps of these conserved proteins could be used to identi ... | 1982 | 6750757 |
| a mycoplasma strain f38 growth-inhibiting monoclonal antibody (wm-25) identifies an epitope on a surface-exposed polysaccharide antigen. | monoclonal antibody (mab) wm-25 differentiates by in vitro growth inhibition mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mycoplasma strain f38), which causes contagious carpine pleuropneumonia, from other mycoplasma spp. (f. r. rurangirwa, t. c. mcguire, a. j. musoke, and a. kibor, infect. immun. 55:3219-3220, 1987). the antigen identified by mab wm-25 was isolated from solubilized mycoplasma strain f38 organisms by mab wm-25 affinity chromatography and was stained with schiff's reagent, but n ... | 1995 | 7534276 |
| proposal for designation of f38-type caprine mycoplasmas as mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae subsp. nov. and consequent obligatory relegation of strains currently classified as m. capricolum (tully, barile, edward, theodore, and ernø 1974) to an additional new subspecies, m. capricolum subsp. capricolum subsp. nov. | a subspecies relationship with the existing species mycoplasma capricolum is appropriate for the f38 group of mycoplasmas, the causative agent of classical contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. we believe that this classification is justified on the basis of the close dna-dna relationship recently reported for isolates belonging to the two groups and the other known serological and biological similarities and differences of these organisms. strain f38t (t = type strain) and taxonomically indisting ... | 1993 | 8347517 |
| diagnosis of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by detection and identification of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae by pcr and restriction enzyme analysis. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), one of the most serious and dramatic diseases of goats, is caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (m. capripneumoniae). this organism is very difficult to isolate and to correctly identify. in a previous report we described a method for the rapid detection and identification of m. capripneumoniae. this method is based on a pcr system by which a segment of the 16s rrna gene from all mycoplasmas of the m. mycoides cluster can be amplified. ... | 1996 | 8815084 |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and other pulmonary mycoplasmoses of sheep and goats. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is now a well-defined disease that is caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. ccpp is infectious, contagious and fulfils the classic koch postulates that characterise such types of disease. the distribution of the disease is not exactly known, but reports of mycoplasma isolation and official declarations to the office international des epizooties (oie) enable a probable distribution map to be obtained. there are many other mycoplasmas tha ... | 1996 | 9190020 |
| monoclonal antibody e8-18 identifies an integral membrane surface protein unique to mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | monoclonal antibody (mab) e8-18 reacted with four isolates of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in western blots identifying an epitope on a 24 kda antigen (p24). mab e8-18 did not react with 11 isolates belonging to four other mycoplasma species or subspecies closely related to m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. a combination of trypsin treatment of intact organisms and detergent-phase partitioning revealed p24 to be an integral m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae surface membran ... | 1997 | 9302216 |
| molecular evolution of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains, based on polymorphisms in the 16s rrna genes. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae belongs to the so-called mycoplasma mycoides cluster and is the causal agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp). all members of the m. mycoides cluster have two rrna operons. the sequences of the 16s rrna genes of both rrna operons from 20 strains of m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae of different geographical origins in africa and asia were determined. nucleotide differences which were present in only one of the two operons (polymorphisms ... | 1998 | 9573185 |
| the pathogenicity and pathogenesis of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (f38) in the caprine mammary gland. | the right mammary gland of 12 lactating goats was inoculated intracisternally with 1 ml of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mcc) containing 10(6) colony-forming units (cfu), while their left mammary halves received 1 ml of sterile pplo broth only. two goats served as uninfected controls. the clinical mastitis that developed in the infected mammary halves within 24 h was initially acute but became increasingly chronic by the end of the experiment at 24 days post inoculation (dpi). th ... | 1998 | 9618887 |
| experimental mastitogenicity of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae for rabbit mammary glands. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae of cow-udder origin was tested in rabbit mammary-glands for its mastitogenic capability. establishment of mycoplasma organisms and presence of histopathological lesions in mammary glands were the parameters for describing mastitogenic potential. the reisolation of injected mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae organisms in the pure form from the infected glands along with the occurrence of histopathological changes were suggestive of mastitis d ... | 1998 | 9717452 |
| comparative analysis of the lppa locus in mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum and mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | the lppa gene, encoding the lipoprotein named lppa[mcaca] was characterised in mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum. it encodes a lipoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 57 kda as determined by sds-page. using antibodies directed against recombinant lppa[mcaca], we showed the expression of this lipoprotein in all m. capricolum subsp. capricolum by immunoblot analysis. the serum did not cross-react with other members of the mycoplasma mycoides cluster, hence showing that lppa[mcaca] was ... | 1999 | 10512041 |
| genomic variations of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae detected by amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) analysis. | the genetic diversity of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains based on determination of amplified fragment length polymorphisms (aflp) is described. aflp fingerprints of 38 strains derived from different countries in africa and the middle east consisted of over 100 bands in the size range of 40-500 bp. the similarity between individual aflp profiles, calculated by jaccard's coefficient, ranged from 0.92 to 1.0. on the basis of the polymorphisms detected, the analysed strains can ... | 2000 | 10689167 |
| characterization of strains of mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony type isolated from recent outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in botswana and tanzania: evidence for a new biotype. | four strains of mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony type (mmmsc) isolated from recent outbreaks of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp) in africa have been investigated. one botswanan strain, m375, displayed numerous and significant phenotypic differences from both contemporary field isolates and older field and vaccine strains (african, australian, and european strains dating back to 1936). differences include altered morphology, reduced capsular polysaccharide production, high ... | 2000 | 10747118 |
| rapid detection of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia using a mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae capsular polysaccharide-specific antigen detection latex agglutination test. | latex microspheres (diameter, 8 microm) were coated with anti-mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae polyclonal immunoglobulin g (igg) antiserum (anti-f38 biotype). the coated microspheres, when used in a latex agglutination test (lat), detected m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae antigen in the serum of goats with contagious caprine pleuropneumoniae (ccpp). beads also agglutinated strongly in the presence of purified m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae capsular polysaccharide (cps). pre ... | 2000 | 11060083 |
| genetic diversity and evolution of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains from eastern africa assessed by 16s rdna sequence analysis. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (m. capripneumoniae), the causal agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), is a member of the so-called mycoplasma mycoides cluster. these mycoplasmas have two rrna operons in which intraspecific variations have been demonstrated. the sequences of the 16s rrna genes of both operons from 13 field strains of m. capripneumoniae from three neighbouring african countries (kenya, ethiopia, and tanzania) were determined. four new and unique polymor ... | 2001 | 11118738 |
| mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of cattle and goats in tanzania. | a microbiological study of the mycoplasma flora in the respiratory tracts of cattle and goats in selected regions of tanzania is described. in the examination of cattle, mycoplasmas were isolated from 60 (17.8%) of the 338 examined lung samples, 8 (47.1%) of the 17 lymph nodes, 4 (13.3%) of the 30 pleural fluid samples and 4 (3.9%) of the 103 nasal swabs examined. all the isolates were identified as mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type except for one isolate from pleural fluid ... | 2000 | 11126579 |
| demonstration of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae and mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type in outbreaks of caprine pleuropneumonia in eastern tanzania. | an outbreak of caprine pleuropneumonia involving about 1200 goats in the coast and morogoro regions of eastern tanzania is reported. the major clinical findings were severe respiratory distress, fever, mucopurulent nasal discharge and high mortality involving all age groups and both sexes of goats. the morbidity and mortality rates were 45%-90% and 14%-50%, respectively. the principal pathological lesions were confined to the thoracic cavity and comprised hydrothorax and serofibrinous pleuropneu ... | 2000 | 11126580 |
| phage displayed peptides and anti-idiotype antibodies recognised by a monoclonal antibody directed against a diagnostic antigen of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | a monoclonal antibody (mab 4.52) raised against mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) cell lysate was used as a template to obtain substitute antigens recognised by its paratope. two approaches were investigated: a 17-mer random peptide library displayed on the surface of a filamentous phage was screened by panning on the immobilised mab 4.52 and anti-idiotype antibodies were generated by immunising a chicken with the f(ab')(2) fragments of the antibody. analysis of the peptide seq ... | 2001 | 11376960 |
| molecular analysis of field strains of mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae and mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides, small colony type isolated from goats in tanzania. | a molecular analysis of strains of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (m. capripneumoniae) and mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type (m. mycoides sc) isolated from goats was performed using the amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) fingerprinting techniques. among the 11 field strains of m. capripneumoniae from tanzanian goats, two aflp patterns were demonstrated, with 10 of the strains showing indistinguishable patte ... | 2001 | 11423192 |
| humoral immune responses following experimental infection of goats with mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | goats housed in microbiologically secure facilities were experimentally endobronchially infected with mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp), causal agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp). the animals were monitored over an 8-week period post-infection (p.i.). elevated temperatures were observed 2-7 days p.i., reaching a maximum of 41.5 degrees c in one animal (1884). by 8 weeks p.i. the infection was successfully cleared, with no mccp being recovered from the lungs, ser ... | 2002 | 11731157 |
| genetic evolution of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains and molecular epidemiology of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by sequencing of locus h2. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is a major threat to goat farming in developing countries. its exact distribution is not well known, despite the fact that new diagnostic tools such as pcr and competitive elisa are now available. the authors developed a study of the molecular epidemiology of the disease, based on the amplification of a 2400 bp long fragment containing two duplicated gene coding for a putative membrane protein. the sequence of this fragment, obtained on 19 mycoplasma cap ... | 2002 | 11844618 |
| investigations of outbreaks of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in eritrea. | mycoplasmas were isolated from freeze-dried lung samples from goats from the western lowlands of eritea suspected of being affected by contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. the goats belonged to two herds in which mortality and morbidity rates were high. mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae was identified in most samples by the polymerase chain reaction and by conventional serological tests. the latex agglutination test detected more positive serum samples in both herds than did the comple ... | 2002 | 12379056 |
| a specific pcr for the identification of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp). | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia is a severe infectious disease of goats in africa and the middle east. it is caused by a fastidious mycoplasma, mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, a member of the "m. mycoides cluster". members of this cluster share genomic and antigenic features, which result in common biochemical and serological properties, complicating species identification. two species of this cluster, m. mycoides subsp. capri and m. mycoides subsp. mycoides large colony biotype ... | 2004 | 15530747 |
| experimental contagious caprine pleuropneumonia: a long term study on the course of infection and pathology in a flock of goats infected with mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is a major threat to goat farming in parts of africa and asia. it classically causes acute high morbidity and mortality early in infection, but little is known of its long term epizootiology and course. in this study, 10 goats were inoculated with mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (m. capripneumoniae) and then mixed with 15 goats for contact transmission. the disease course was monitored in each goat for 56-105 days, whereafter the goats were ... | 2004 | 15663077 |
| effect of danofloxacin (advocin a180) on goats affected with contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. | the efficacy of danofloxacin (advocin a180) was evaluated for the treatment of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. ten healthy angora goats, confirmed free of ccpp, were exposed to clinically affected animals from a natural outbreak in thrace, turkey. after 14 days exposure, 8 goats showed pyrexia ( > or = 41 degrees c). shortly after, the angora goats were divided randomly into two groups. five of these were injected with danofloxaci ... | 2006 | 17265768 |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and mannheimia haemolytica-associated acute respiratory disease of goats and sheep in afar region, ethiopia. | in april 2002, an investigation into an outbreak of acute respiratory disease in goats and sheep in milae (afar), ethiopia was conducted. the investigation involved 4 flocks (722 sheep and 750 goats in total) and comprised the disease history, clinical and post-mortem examination, and microbiological analysis of nasal swabs, lung lesions, and pleural fluid samples. clinically diseased animals exhibited severe respiratory distress, and necropsy of two of the goats demonstrated fibrinous pneumonia ... | 2006 | 17361779 |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia outbreak in captive wild ungulates at al wabra wildlife preservation, state of qatar. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is a highly contagious and serious respiratory disease of domestic goats, characterized by coughing, severe respiratory distress, and high mortality rates. the lesions at necropsy are mainly a fibrinous pleuropneumonia with increased straw-colored pleural fluid. an outbreak of ccpp in wild goat (capra aegagrus), nubian ibex (capra ibex nubiana), laristan mouflon (ovis orientalis laristanica), and ger ... | 2007 | 17469281 |
| a study on contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) in goats at an export oriented abattoir, debrezeit, ethiopia. | 300 goat serum samples from an export-oriented abattoir were tested for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia antibodies by the complement fixation test. the disease prevalence was 31% with no significant differences (p > 0.05) between the regions "borena", "bale", "afar" and "jinka" or the age of the goats (p > 0.05). gross pathology and histopathology of the lung primary lesions were indicative of pleuropneumonia caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | 2007 | 17966273 |
| [reclassification of the four china isolated strains of the pathogen for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia]. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp). the aims of this study were to identify 4 chinese isolated strains employing molecular methods and to determine the appropriate subspecies classification of these strains. three genome fragments (a, b and c) from each strain were amplified and then transformed into plasmids. the inserted fragments were sequenced and analyzed by comparison with six members of the mycoplasma mycoides cluster ... | 2007 | 18062246 |
| specific real-time pcr assays for the detection and quantification of mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides sc and mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia are two severe respiratory infections of ruminants due to infection by mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides sc (mmmsc) and mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp), respectively. they are included in the oie list of notifiable diseases. here we describe the development of rapid, sensitive, and specific real-time pcr assays for the detection and quantification of mmmsc and mccp dna. mmmsc pcr primers were designed ... | 2008 | 18678244 |
| seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in kefta humera, alamata (tigray) and aba-'ala (afar), northern ethiopia. | a cross sectional study was conducted to determine the sero-prevalence of contagious caprine pleuroneumonia in three districts of tigray and afar regions of ethiopia namely; kefta humera, alamata and aba-'alla. proportions and chi-square test statistics were used to analyze the data. from a total of 863 goats and 137 sheep tested, 282 (32.68%) and 25 (18.25%) were positive for antibodies of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae respectively using complement fixation test (cft). the seropr ... | 2009 | 18989743 |
| cross-sectional study on contagious caprine pleuro pneumonia in selected districts of sedentary and pastoral production systems in southern ethiopia. | a study to estimate the seroprevalence of contagious caprine pluropneumonia (ccpp) in southern ethiopia was conducted from november 2005 to june 2006. two districts from sedentary (arbaminch and boreda) and pastoral (hammar and bena-tsemay) production systems were included in the study. sera samples were collected from 913 goats (234 from sedentary and 679 from pastoral) to check for ccpp serostatus. the animals were sampled from 155 flocks (44 pastoral and 111 sedentary). five clinically suspec ... | 2010 | 19551484 |
| detection of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in east turkey. | a study was implemented to investigate the presence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) in east turkey. this study was based on clinical surveillance in the field, surveillance at regional slaughterhouses and regular submission of suspected lesions to regional laboratories. the results showed that the agent of ccpp, mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae (mccp), could be detected by culture and specific polymerase chain reaction from 37.5% (12/32) of lung samples taken from go ... | 2009 | 20462161 |
| multi-locus sequence analysis of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae for the molecular epidemiology of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. | abstract: mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) is the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), a devastating disease of domestic goats. the exact distribution of ccpp is not known but it is present in africa and the middle east and represents a significant threat to many disease-free areas including europe. furthermore, ccpp has been recently identified in tajikistan and china. a typing method with an improved resolution based on multi-locus sequence analysis ... | 2011 | 21756321 |
| molecular detection of a mixed infection of goatpox virus, orf virus, and mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in goats. | the current study investigated an outbreak of mixed infection with goatpox virus (gtpv), orf virus (orfv), and mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) that occurred on a chinese goat farm, with a case fatality rate of 60.2%. the observed clinical signs were ecthyma and accelerated respiration with frequent coughing. specific fragments of the p32 gene of gtpv, b2l gene of orfv, and 16s ribosomal rna gene of mccp were synchronously amplified by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) from the ... | 2011 | 21908324 |
| Genome sequence of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain M1601. | Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, a devastating disease of goats listed by the World Organization for Animal Health. Here we report the first complete genome sequence of this organism (strain M1601, a clinically isolated strain from China). | 2011 | 21994928 |
| Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia: New Aspects of an Old Disease. | Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP), caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, is a serious OIE-listed disease affecting goats in the Middle East, north and east Africa and Asia. Mortality and morbidity rates can be as high as 60% and 90%, respectively, when the disease first enters a territory, invariably through carrier animals. Recent detections of CCPP in Pakistan and Tajikistan are probably the result of improved diagnosis as the disease has been suspected there for many ... | 2011 | 21951488 |
| serological studies to determine the occurrence of johne's disease and mycoplasma infection in the northern-east polish population of european bison (bison bonasus). | 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. | 2014 | 25638988 |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia: the first isolation and molecular characterization of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in the kingdom of saudi arabia. | classical contagious caprine pleuropneumonia is one of the most fatal contagious disease of goats listed by world organization for animal health that leads to major economic losses. it is caused by infection with mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae. in order to isolate the causative agents of ccpp for the first time in the kingdom of saudi arabia, fifteen flocks from eastern region (al ahsa, dammam and hafr albaten) and ten flocks from riyadh and al-kharj regions were selected for t ... | 2017 | 28111131 |
| a large-scale genomic approach affords unprecedented resolution for the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary history of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp), is a devastating disease of domestic goats and of some wild ungulate species. the disease is currently spreading in africa and asia and poses a serious threat to disease-free areas. a comprehensive view of the evolutionary history and dynamics of mccp is essential to understand the epidemiology of ccpp. yet, analysing the diversity of genetically monomorphic pathogens, such as mccp, is compl ... | 2015 | 26149260 |
| field-applicable recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is a highly contagious disease caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae that affects goats in africa and asia. current available methods for the diagnosis of mycoplasma infection, including cultivation, serological assays, and pcr, are time-consuming and require fully equipped stationary laboratories, which make them incompatible with testing in the resource-poor settings that are most relevant to this disease. we report a rapid, specific, ... | 2015 | 26085615 |
| complete genome sequence of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain 9231-abomsa. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is the etiological agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. we report here the complete and annotated genome sequence of m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain 9231-abomsa. | 2014 | 25323727 |
| complete genome sequences of virulent mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains f38 and ilri181. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is a severe epidemic affecting mainly domestic caprinae species but also affects wild caprinae species. m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae belongs to the "mycoplasma mycoides cluster." the disease features prominently in east africa, in particular kenya, tanzania, and ethiopia. ccpp also endangers wildlife and thus affects not only basic nutritional resources of large populations but also expensive ... | 2014 | 25323717 |
| mycoplasma detection and isolation from one-humped camels (camelus dromedarius). | in scientific literature, a small amount of information is found concerning mycoplasmosis in camel species. mycoplasma (m.) arginini, acholeplasma (a.) laidlawii, and acholeplasma oculi have been reported to be isolated from these host species. serologically positive results have been reported for mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides sc type, mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, and m. mycoides subsp. capri. the aims of this study were to detect, isolate, and identify mycoplasmas from ca ... | 2014 | 25059705 |
| an international collaborative study to determine the prevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by monoclonal antibody-based celisa. | few serological tests are available for detecting antibodies against mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, the causal agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp). the complement fixation test, the test prescribed for international trade purposes, uses a crude antigen that cross-reacts with all the other mycoplasma species of the "mycoides cluster" frequently infecting goat herds. the lack of a more specific test has been a real obstacle to the evaluation of the prevalence and econ ... | 2014 | 24565080 |
| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in endangered tibetan antelope, china, 2012. | | 2013 | 24274020 |
| antibody response to mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae bacterium in small holder dairy goats in tanzania. | contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), an office international des epizooties listed disease, can cause significant levels of morbidity and mortality in goats in africa, the middle east, and western asia. a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of ccpp, in two contrasting administrative districts of northern tanzania, namely, babati and arumeru. a total of 337 serum samples were collected from january to july 2010, from apparently clinically healthy unvaccinated ... | 2013 | 23558376 |
| identification of novel immunogenic proteins in mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain m1601. | the purpose of this study was to obtain immunogenic proteins and potential proteins of interest that were isolated from mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) by maldi-tof mass spectrometry. one-dimensional sds-page and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of whole cell preparation were conducted, and membrane proteome maps were prepared by immunoblotting. one-dimensional sds-page identified three immunogenic proteins with molecular masses in the range 29-97.2 kda, two of which were ... | 2012 | 22673397 |
| the origin of the 'mycoplasma mycoides cluster' coincides with domestication of ruminants. | the 'mycoplasma mycoides cluster' comprises the ruminant pathogens mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides the causative agent of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp), mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae the agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum, mycoplasma leachii and mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri. cbpp and ccpp are major livestock diseases and impact the agricultural sector especially in developing countries through reduced food ... | 2012 | 22558362 |
| ultrasonographic findings in goats with contagious caprine pleuropneumonia caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae. | in goats, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) is a cause of major economic losses in africa, asia and in the middle east. there is no information emphasising the importance of diagnostic ultrasound in goats with ccpp caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp). this study was designed to describe the ultrasonographic findings in goats with ccpp caused by mccp and to correlate ultrasonographic with post-mortem findings. to this end, 55 goats with ccpp were examined. twenty ... | 2017 | 28830505 |
| genome-wide analysis of the first sequenced mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain m1601. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) is a common pathogen of goats that causes contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. we closed the gap and corrected rrna operons in the draft genome of mccp m1601, a strain isolated from an infected goat in a farm in gansu, china. the genome size of m1601 is 1,016,707 bp with a gc content of 23.67%. we identified 915 genes (occupying 90.27% of the genome), of which 713 are protein-coding genes (excluding 163 pseudogenes). no genomic islands and compl ... | 2017 | 28754725 |
| complete genome sequence of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain zly1309f, isolated from endangered tibetan antelope. | mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is an important pathogen of goats that causes contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. here, we report the complete genome sequence of m. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strain zly1309f, isolated from a tibetan antelope (pantholops hodgsonii) in china. | 2017 | 28729256 |