Post by katt on Oct 16, 2013 13:26:03 GMT -5
Mycoplasmosis in Ferrets.pdf (503.64 KB)
This article is available for public viewing so you should be able to see it at the link below. Under this link is a VIDEO of a ferret with mycoplasmosis coughing.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559160/
Because this article is publicly viewable I downloaded the PDF version and included it as an attachment to this thread.
This is the abstract:
Mycoplasmosis in ferrets.
Kiupel M, Desjardins DR, Lim A, Bolin C, Johnson-Delaney CA, Resau JH, Garner MM, Bolin SR.
Source
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI 48910, USA. kiupel@dcpah.msu.edu
Abstract
We report an outbreak of severe respiratory disease associated with a novel Mycoplasma species in ferrets. During 2009-2012, a respiratory disease characterized by nonproductive coughing affected ≈8,000 ferrets, 6-8 weeks of age, which had been imported from a breeding facility in Canada. Almost 95% became ill, but almost none died. Treatments temporarily decreased all clinical signs except cough. Postmortem examinations of euthanized ferrets revealed bronchointerstitial pneumonia with prominent hyperplasia of bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue. Immunohistochemical analysis with polyclonal antibody against Mycoplasma bovis demonstrated intense staining along the bronchiolar brush border. Bronchoalveolar lavage samples from 12 affected ferrets yielded fast-growing, glucose-fermenting mycoplasmas. Nucleic acid sequence analysis of PCR-derived amplicons from portions of the 16S rDNA and RNA polymerase B genes failed to identify the mycoplasmas but showed that they were most similar to M. molare and M. lagogenitalium. These findings indicate a causal association between the novel Mycoplasma species and the newly recognized pulmonary disease
This article is available for public viewing so you should be able to see it at the link below. Under this link is a VIDEO of a ferret with mycoplasmosis coughing.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559160/
Because this article is publicly viewable I downloaded the PDF version and included it as an attachment to this thread.
This is the abstract:
Mycoplasmosis in ferrets.
Kiupel M, Desjardins DR, Lim A, Bolin C, Johnson-Delaney CA, Resau JH, Garner MM, Bolin SR.
Source
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI 48910, USA. kiupel@dcpah.msu.edu
Abstract
We report an outbreak of severe respiratory disease associated with a novel Mycoplasma species in ferrets. During 2009-2012, a respiratory disease characterized by nonproductive coughing affected ≈8,000 ferrets, 6-8 weeks of age, which had been imported from a breeding facility in Canada. Almost 95% became ill, but almost none died. Treatments temporarily decreased all clinical signs except cough. Postmortem examinations of euthanized ferrets revealed bronchointerstitial pneumonia with prominent hyperplasia of bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue. Immunohistochemical analysis with polyclonal antibody against Mycoplasma bovis demonstrated intense staining along the bronchiolar brush border. Bronchoalveolar lavage samples from 12 affected ferrets yielded fast-growing, glucose-fermenting mycoplasmas. Nucleic acid sequence analysis of PCR-derived amplicons from portions of the 16S rDNA and RNA polymerase B genes failed to identify the mycoplasmas but showed that they were most similar to M. molare and M. lagogenitalium. These findings indicate a causal association between the novel Mycoplasma species and the newly recognized pulmonary disease
