Vertical transmission of Mycoplasma wenyonii in cattle, supported by analysis of the ribonuclease P RNA gene - Short communication

The vertical transmission of Mycoplasma (M.) wenyonii was investigated in beef cattle raised on a farm in Japan by analysing the ribonuclease P RNA (rnpB) gene sequence using PCR. Peripheral blood samples from 17 dams infected with M. wenyonii and from their neonatal calves were collected and colost...

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Published inActa veterinaria Hungarica (Budapest. 1983) Vol. 63; no. 3; p. 271
Main Authors Sasaoka, Fumina, Suzuki, Jin, Hirata, Toh-Ichi, Ichijo, Toshihiro, Furuhama, Kazuhisa, Harasawa, Ryô, Satoh, Hiroshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hungary 01.09.2015
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Cattle
Mycoplasma wenyonii
haemoplasma
ribonuclease P RNA
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Summary:The vertical transmission of Mycoplasma (M.) wenyonii was investigated in beef cattle raised on a farm in Japan by analysing the ribonuclease P RNA (rnpB) gene sequence using PCR. Peripheral blood samples from 17 dams infected with M. wenyonii and from their neonatal calves were collected and colostrum samples were taken from cows immediately after parturition, and subsequently the blood samples of calves were monitored continuously for three months. At birth on day 0, although no rnpB gene was detected in the colostrum of any of the dams, four (23.5%) of the 17 calves born were positive. At three months after delivery, the number of positive calves decreased to three. Although horizontal transmission by blood-feeding arthropod vectors has been basically accepted as the most common route of haemoplasma infection, these findings suggest that vertical transmission is, at least in part, another most likely route of M. wenyonii infection in cattle.
ISSN:0236-6290
DOI:10.1556/004.2015.025