ANTIBODIES AGAINST MYCOPLASMA BOVIGENITALIUM IN FREE-LIVING EUROPEAN BISON (BISON BONASUS) WITH BALANOPOSTHITIS

Since 1980 severe chronic balanoposthitis has been observed in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Bialowiez a Primeval Forest (Poland). Sera of 50 bison with balanoposthitis and 48 clinically healthy male and 49 female bison were investigated for antibodies against Mycoplasma bovis an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of wildlife diseases 2002-10, Vol.38 (4), p.760-763
Hauptverfasser:	Thiede, Svenja, Spergser, Joachim, Rosengarten, Renate, Jakob, Willi, Streich, Wolf Jürgen, Krasińska, Margorzata, Frölich, Kai
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antibodies, Bacterial - blood Balanitis - diagnosis Balanitis - microbiology Balanitis - veterinary Balanoposthitis Bison Bison bonasus European bison Female Logistic Models Male Mycoplasma - immunology Mycoplasma bovigenitalium Mycoplasma Infections - diagnosis Mycoplasma Infections - epidemiology Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary Poland Poland - epidemiology Seroepidemiologic Studies serologic survey
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Zusammenfassung:	Since 1980 severe chronic balanoposthitis has been observed in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Bialowiez a Primeval Forest (Poland). Sera of 50 bison with balanoposthitis and 48 clinically healthy male and 49 female bison were investigated for antibodies against Mycoplasma bovis and M. bovigenitalium by western blot analysis. Prevalence of antibodies against M. bovigenitalium was significantly higher in bison with balanoposthitis than in unaffected male bison. Mycoplasma bovigenitalium may play a role in the pathogenesis of balanoposthitis in European bison.
ISSN:	0090-3558 1943-3700
DOI:	10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.760