Abstract
This study represents Mycoplasma species isolated from the respiratory tract of cattle in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2002 and 2010. A total of 328 nasal swabs and 59 lung samples were submitted for isolation of mycoplasmas. Mycoplasmas were isolated from 27 samples (6.9%). M. bovis was recovered from eight nasal swabs and two lungs, while M. bovirhinis (n=4) and Acholeplasma sp. (n=1) were detected only in nasal swabs. Twelve mycoplasma isolates were unidentified (44.4%).
Highlights
Bovine respiratory disease is the most common illness affecting housed cattle worldwide
M. bovis was recovered from ten samples (37%), and most strains (n=8) were isolated from nasal swabs
M. bovirhinis was identified in 14.8% nasal swabs from asymptomatic cattle and one nasal swab was positive for Acholeplasma sp. (3.7%)
Summary
Bovine respiratory disease is the most common illness affecting housed cattle worldwide. Mycoplasmas cause some of the most serious and economically most costly respiratory diseases of cattle. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, caused by M. mycoides subsp. Mycoplasma bovis is the most pathogenic bovine mycoplasma in the parts of the world that are free of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (Nicholas et al, 2003). Other mycoplasmas involved in bovine respiratory disease include M. dispar, M. bovigenitalium, M. bovirhinis, M. canis, M. alkalescens and Ureaplasma diversum (Nicholas et al, 2008). Clinical respiratory diseases are common in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) herds. The relative absence of disease control measures contributes the involvement of mycoplasmas in respiratory disease. This study represents Mycoplasma species isolated from the respiratory tract of cattle population in B&H between 2002 and 2010
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