Mycoplasma species have a global distribution causing serious diseases in cattle worldwide
including mastitis, arthritis, pneumonia, otitis media and reproductive disorders. Mycoplasma …

Early detection of Mycoplasmal mastitis is greatly hampered by late seroconversion, slow
growth of Mycoplasma organisms, intermittent shedding, and the high cost of diagnostic …

Background Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most common diseases in
intensively managed cattle, often resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Although several …

Bovine mycoplasmoses, which is mostly caused by Mycoplasma bovis, is a significant
problem in the dairy and beef industry. Mycoplasmal mastitis has a global occurrence with …

Mycoplasma bovis causes bovine respiratory disease, mastitis, arthritis and otitis. The
importance of M. bovis has escalated because of recent outbreaks and introductions into …

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) can cause serious illness in cattle, presenting as arthritis and
mastitis in dairy cows and pneumonia, arthritis and otitis media in calves. This study aimed …

Mycoplasma bovis (Mbovis) was first detected in cattle in New Zealand (NZ) in July 2017. To
prevent further spread, NZ launched a world-first National Eradication Programme in May …

Mycoplasma bovis outbreaks in cattle, including pathogen spread between age groups, are
not well understood. Our objective was to estimate within-herd transmission across adult …

Mycoplasma bovis is an important cause of pneumonia and mastitis in cattle throughout the
world, often reported as emerging. In absence of an effective vaccine for M. bovis, current …

We describe the development, optimization, and validation of a multiplex droplet digital PCR
(ddPCR) assay for the simultaneous detection of Babesia, Bartonella, and Borrelia spp. DNA …