Prevalence and molecular characterization of Mycoplasma ovis in selected free-ranging Brazilian deer populations
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2011-01-01
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Grazziotin, Ana Laura
Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti [UNESP]
Szabó, Matias Pablo Juan
Santos, Andrea Pires
Guimarães, Ana Marcia Sa
Mohamed, Ahmed
da Costa Vieira, Rafael Felipe
Filho, Ivan Roque de Barrosf
Biondo, Alexander Welker
Messick, Joanne Belle
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Mycoplasma ovis is a hemoplasma that may cause anemia and mortality in small ruminants. Our aim was to determine whether M. ovis infects populations of free-ranging deer in Brazil. Buffy coat samples from 64 Blastocerus dichotomus from Porto Primavera, 18 Ozotocerus bezoarticus from Pantanal, and 21 O. bezoarticus from Emas National Park were tested. Using a M. ovis PCR protocol to amplify extracted DNA, 46/64 (72%) of deer from Porto Primavera, 10/18 (56%) from Pantanal, and 4/ 21 (19%) from Emas National Park were positive, giving an overall positive rate of 58% for hemoplasma in these wild deer. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene revealed 3 genetically distinct hemoplasmas including M. ovis, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma erythrocervae', and a hemoplasma most closely related to M. ovis. Phylogenetic analysis of the 23S rRNA gene from selected sequences confirmed these relationships. © Wildlife Disease Association 2011.
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Blastocerus dichotomus, Deer, Hemoplasma, Hemotropic mycoplasma, Molecular characterization, Mycoplasma ovis, Ozotocerus bezoarticus, Prevalence
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v. 47, n. 4, p. 1005-1011, 2011.