VNTR analysis reveals unexpected genetic diversity within <Emphasis Type="Italic">Mycoplasma agalactiae</Emphasis>, the main causative agent of contagious agalactia |
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| Authors: | Laura McAuliffe Colin P Churchward Joanna R Lawes Guido Loria Roger D Ayling Robin AJ Nicholas |
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| Institution: | (1) Mycoplasma Group, Department of Statutory and Exotic Bacteria, Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), KT15 3NB, Surrey, UK;(2) Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale della Sicilia, 90129 Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Background
Mycoplasma agalactiae is the main cause of contagious agalactia, a serious disease of sheep and goats, which has major clinical and economic impacts.
Previous studies of M. agalactiae have shown it to be unusually homogeneous and there are currently no available epidemiological techniques which enable a
high degree of strain differentiation. |
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