Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb
Abstract
A total of 358 samples [nasal discharges (215), lung tissue (6), pleural fluid (4), joint fluid (5), milk (60), preputial swabs (22), conjunctival swabs (16), ear swabs (5) and vaginal discharges (25)] were subjected for cultural isolation on MBHS-L and MBHS-A media. Of these, a total of 30 isolates (8.35 %) of Mycoplasma species, (20 from nasal discharges, 4 from lung tissue, 2 from pleural fluid, 3 from milk and 1 from joint fluid) were isolated and characterized biochemically and identified as M. mycoides subsp. capri and M. capricolum subsp. capricolum by PCR and PCR-RFLP. The isolates were identified as the Mycoplasma species by their cultural, morphological, biochemical characteristics and this was further confirmed by PCR and PCR-RFLP using different cluster, group and species specific primer pairs and by restriction enzyme respectively. This is a rare report on the isolation, identification and molecular characterization of goat Mycoplasma species in Western India. These studies have revealed a high prevalence of Mycoplasma species infection in Western India.Ukupno je 358 uzoraka različitog materijala koza bilo nacijepljeno na hranjive podloge MBHS-L and MBHS-A radi izdvajanja mikoplazama. Pretraženo je bilo 215 uzoraka nosnog iscjetka, šest uzoraka plućnog tkiva, četiri uzorka pleuralne tekućine, pet uzoraka zglobne tekućine, 60 uzoraka mlijeka, 22 uzorka prepucijskog ispirka, 16 uzoraka obriska očne spojnice, pet uzoraka obriska uške i 25 uzoraka vaginalnog iscjetka. Mikoplazme su bile izdvojene iz 30 (8,35%) uzoraka, od čega iz 20 uzoraka nosnog iscjetka, četiri uzorka plućnog tkiva, dva pleuralne tekućine, tri uzorka mlijeka i jednog uzorka zglobne tekućine. Izolati su bili identificirani kao M. mycoides subsp. capri i M. capricolum subsp. capricolum i to na osnovi kulturalnih, morfoloških i biokemijskih svojstava te dodatne potvrde lančanom reakcijom polimerazom i PCR-RFLP rabeći različite skupine specifičnih početnica i restrikcijskih enzima. Ovo je rijetko izvješće o izdvajanju, identifikaciji i molekularnim svojstvima mikoplazama u Zapadnoj Indiji, koje ujedno pokazuje da je na tom području velika učestalost mikoplazmalnih zaraza u koza
