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Zhang S, Liu G, Zhang Y, Wang C, Xu X, Zhao Y, Xiang Z, Wu W, Yang L, Chen J, Guo A, Chen Y. Investigation of the safety and protective efficacy of an attenuated and marker M. bovis-BoHV-1 combined vaccine in bovines. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1367253. [PMID: 38646533 PMCID: PMC11027501 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1367253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most common diseases in the cattle industry worldwide; it is caused by multiple bacterial or viral coinfections, of which Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) and bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1) are the most notable pathogens. Although live vaccines have demonstrated better efficacy against BRD induced by both pathogens, there are no combined live and marker vaccines. Therefore, we developed an attenuated and marker M. bovis-BoHV-1 combined vaccine based on the M. bovis HB150 and BoHV-1 gG-/tk- strain previously constructed in our lab and evaluated in rabbits. This study aimed to further evaluate its safety and protective efficacy in cattle using different antigen ratios. After immunization, all vaccinated cattle had a normal rectal temperature and mental status without respiratory symptoms. CD4+, CD8+, and CD19+ cells significantly increased in immunized cattle and induced higher humoral and cellular immune responses, and the expression of key cytokines such as IL-4, IL-12, TNF-α, and IFN-γ can be promoted after vaccination. The 1.0 × 108 CFU of M. bovis HB150 and 1.0 × 106 TCID50 BoHV-1 gG-/tk- combined strain elicited the most antibodies while significantly increasing IgG and cellular immunity after challenge. In conclusion, the M. bovis HB150 and BoHV-1 gG-/tk- combined strain was clinically safe and protective in calves; the mix of 1.0 × 108 CFU of M. bovis HB150 and 1.0 × 106 TCID50 BoHV-1 gG-/tk- strain was most promising due to its low amount of shedding and highest humoral and cellular immune responses compared with others. This study introduces an M. bovis-BoHV-1 combined vaccine for application in the cattle industry.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cattle
- Herpesvirus 1, Bovine/immunology
- Vaccines, Combined/immunology
- Vaccines, Combined/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology
- Vaccines, Attenuated/administration & dosage
- Mycoplasma bovis/immunology
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
- Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Viral Vaccines/adverse effects
- Bacterial Vaccines/immunology
- Bacterial Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Bacterial Vaccines/adverse effects
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Antibodies, Bacterial/immunology
- Mycoplasma Infections/prevention & control
- Mycoplasma Infections/veterinary
- Mycoplasma Infections/immunology
- Vaccines, Marker/immunology
- Vaccines, Marker/administration & dosage
- Vaccination/veterinary
- Vaccine Efficacy
- Immunity, Humoral
- Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex/prevention & control
- Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex/immunology
- Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex/virology
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Affiliation(s)
- Sen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Keqian Biology Co., Ltd, Research and Development Department, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Veterinary Epidemiology, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affair, Wuhan, China
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Gondaira S, Nishi K, Iwano H, Fujiki J, Watanabe R, Eguchi A, Hirano Y, Higuchi H, Nagahata H. Transcriptome analysis of Mycoplasma bovis stimulated bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2020; 232:110166. [PMID: 33348232 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2020.110166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis is a pathogenic bacterium in bovines that causes huge global economic losses. Numerous factors play important roles in M. bovis pathogenesis; however, the host immune response involved in M. bovis infection has not been fully elucidated. We aimed to determine the characteristics of the host immune response to Mycoplasma infection. We evaluated the responsiveness of bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) stimulated with M. bovis via microarray analysis. The transcriptional abundance of innate immune-related genes IL-36A, IL-27, IFN-γ, and IL-17 in PBMCs increased after M. bovis exposure. Upon M. bovis infection, there was increased expression of the lymphocyte activated genes basic leucine zipper transcription factor (BATF) and signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family members 1 and 7 (SLAMF 1 and SLAMF 7) in PBMCs compared with that in unstimulated cells. The study revealed that the transcriptional abundance of innate immunity genes in PBMCs increased during M. bovis infection. This induced the activation of PBMCs, giving rise to an immune response, which is followed by the development of the inflammatory response. The results from this study could be used as the basis for the development of novel vaccine candidates against M. bovis.
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- Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan.
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- Animal Research Center, Agricultural Research Department, Hokkaido Research Organization, Shintoku, Hokkaido, 081-0038, Japan.
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- Animal Health Laboratory, Japan; Farm Animal Veterinary Nursing Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Associated Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari, Ehime, 794-8555, Japan.
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Maunsell FP, Chase C. Mycoplasma bovis: Interactions with the Immune System and Failure to Generate an Effective Immune Response. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2019; 35:471-483. [PMID: 31590898 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Host responses are often ineffective at clearing Mycoplasma bovis infection and may contribute to the pathogenesis of disease. M bovis possesses a surprisingly large repertoire of strategies to evade and modulate host responses. Unopsonized M bovis impairs phagocytosis and killing by neutrophils and macrophages. Apoptosis of neutrophils and lymphocytes is enhanced, whereas it is delayed in macrophages. Both proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines are stimulated during M bovis infection depending on the cell type and location, and overall systemic responses tend to have a T-helper 2 bias. M bovis reduces proliferation of T cells and, in chronic infection, causes T-cell exhaustion.
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- Fiona P Maunsell
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, PO Box 2175, SAR Room 125 North Campus Drive, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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Alabdullah HA, Fox LK, Gay JM, Barrington GM. Interactive effects of dexamethasone and opsonized Mycoplasma bovis on bovine neutrophil function in vitro. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2018; 196:18-21. [PMID: 29695320 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previously we had reported that exposure to high levels of glucocorticoids, and to unopsonized Mycoplasma bovis, has a negative interactive effect on bovine neutrophil function in vitro, and this interactive effect was a function of M. bovis strain differences. Here we hypothesized that in vitro treatment of bovine neutrophils by glucocorticoid would impair phagocytosis of opsonized M. bovis compared to non-treated neutrophils and such impairment would be a function of M. bovis strain differences. Neutrophils isolated from 20 mid-lactation cows were treated with immunosuppressive dose of 5 × 10-4 M dexamethasone or placebo and incubated with one of four opsonized M. bovis strains that had been isolated from bovine origin. After incubation neutrophil function measured included: percentage reduction in log10 of M. bovis CFU/ml, percentage of phagocytizing neutrophils, phagocytized M. bovis per neutrophil, and killed M. bovis per neutrophil. Least square means of all neutrophil groups were contrasted using linear mixed-effects models. Effects due to strain, treatment, and their interaction on neutrophil function measured by the number of phagocytized M. bovis per neutrophil and number of killed M. bovis per neutrophil were different (P < 0.05). However, no significant strain by treatment interaction effect on percentage reduction in log10 of M. bovis CFU/ml was found. Neither a strain nor a strain by treatment interaction was found to affect the percentage phagocytizing neutrophils. These findings might explain in part the association of stressful events with subsequent outbreaks of Mycoplasma bovis associated bovine diseases.
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- Hussain A Alabdullah
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163-6610, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163-6610, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163-6610, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163-6610, USA
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Casas E, Cai G, Kuehn LA, Register KB, McDaneld TG, Neill JD. Association of MicroRNAs with Antibody Response to Mycoplasma bovis in Beef Cattle. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161651. [PMID: 27537842 PMCID: PMC4990326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to identify microRNAs associated with a serum antibody response to Mycoplasma bovis in beef cattle. Serum from sixteen beef calves was collected at three points: in summer after calves were born, in fall at weaning, and in the following spring. All sera collected in the summer were ELISA-negative for anti-M. bovis. By the fall, eight animals were seropositive for IgG (positive group), while eight remained negative (negative group). By spring, all animals in both groups were seropositive. MicroRNAs were extracted from sera and sequenced on the Illumina HiSeq next-generation sequencer. A total of 1,374,697 sequences mapped to microRNAs in the bovine genome. Of these, 82% of the sequences corresponded to 27 microRNAs, each represented by a minimum of 10,000 sequences. There was a statistically significant interaction between ELISA response and season for bta-miR-24-3p (P = 0.0268). All sera collected at the initial summer had a similar number of copies of this microRNA (P = 0.773). In the fall, the positive group had an increased number of copies when compared to the negative group (P = 0.021), and this grew more significant by the following spring (P = 0.0001). There were 21 microRNAs associated (P< 0.05) with season. These microRNAs could be evaluated further as candidates to potentially improve productivity in cattle. The microRNAs bta-let-7b, bta-miR- 24-3p, bta-miR- 92a, and bta-miR-423-5p, were significatly associated with ELISA status (P< 0.05). These microRNAs have been recognized as playing a role in the host defense against bacteria in humans, mice, and dairy cattle. Further studies are needed to establish if these microRNAs could be used as diagnostic marker or indicator of exposure, or whether intervention strategies could be developed as an alternative to antibiotics for controlling disease due to M. bovis.
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- Eduardo Casas
- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America
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- USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, United States of America
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America
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- USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, United States of America
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- USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, United States of America
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Gagea MI, Bateman KG, Shanahan RA, van Dreumel T, McEwen BJ, Carman S, Archambault M, Caswell JL. Naturally Occurring Mycoplasma Bovis—Associated Pneumonia and Polyarthritis in Feedlot Beef Calves. J Vet Diagn Invest 2016; 18:29-40. [PMID: 16566255 DOI: 10.1177/104063870601800105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is perceived as an emerging cause of mortality in feedlot beef cattle. This study examined the lesions and infectious agents in naturally occurring M. bovis–associated bronchopneumonia and arthritis and the relationship of this condition with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infection. Standardized pathologic, immunohistochemical, and microbiologic investigations were conducted on 99 calves that died or were euthanized within 60 days after arrival in 72 feedlots. Cranioventral bronchopneumonia with multiple foci of caseous necrosis was identified in 54 of 99 calves, including 30 with concurrent fibrinosuppurative bronchopneumonia typical of pneumonic pasteurellosis. Mycoplasma bovis was consistently identified in these lesions by culture and immunohistochemistry, but also commonly in healthy lungs and those with pneumonia of other causes. Focal lesions of coagulation necrosis, typical of pneumonic pasteurellosis, were often infected with both Mannheimia haemolytica and M. bovis. Arthritis was present in 25 of 54 (46%) calves with M. bovis pneumonia, and all calves with arthritis had pneumonia. BVDV infection was more common in calves with lesions of bacterial pneumonia than in those dying of other causes, but BVDV infection was not more common in calves with caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia than those with fibrinosuppurative bronchopneumonia. Retrospective analysis identified cases of M. bovis pneumonia in the early 1980s that had milder lesions than the current cases. The findings suggest that, in at least some calves, M. bovis induces caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia within the lesions of pneumonic pasteurellosis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial/analysis
- Arthritis, Infectious/mortality
- Arthritis, Infectious/pathology
- Arthritis, Infectious/veterinary
- Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease/complications
- Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease/mortality
- Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease/pathology
- Bronchopneumonia/microbiology
- Bronchopneumonia/pathology
- Bronchopneumonia/veterinary
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases/microbiology
- Cattle Diseases/mortality
- Cattle Diseases/pathology
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/microbiology
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/mortality
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/veterinary
- Immunohistochemistry/veterinary
- Mannheimia haemolytica/isolation & purification
- Mycoplasma bovis/immunology
- Mycoplasma bovis/isolation & purification
- Mycoplasma bovis/pathogenicity
- Pasteurellosis, Pneumonic/microbiology
- Pasteurellosis, Pneumonic/mortality
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/mortality
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/pathology
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/veterinary
- Retrospective Studies
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- Mihai I Gagea
- Departments of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, Canada
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Alberti A, Addis MF, Chessa B, Cubeddu T, Profiti M, Rosati S, Ruiu A, Pittau M. Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of a Mycoplasma Bovis Strain Causing an Outbreak of Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis. J Vet Diagn Invest 2016; 18:41-51. [PMID: 16566256 DOI: 10.1177/104063870601800106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An unusually high incidence of infectious keratoconjunctivitis followed by pneumonia and arthritis was observed in beef calves of a managed herd. No Moraxella spp. or bacteria other than Mycoplasma spp. were obtained from conjunctival and nasal swabs. A strategy was designed for characterization of bovine mycoplasmas at species and strain level on the basis of a combination of molecular tools and the immunoblotting method. The strategy made it possible to rapidly assign the bacterium responsible for this outbreak to one of the phylogenetic clusters of bovine mycoplasmas delineated in this study and then to identify it as Mycoplasma bovis. The strain, designated Sar 1, showed a 100% 16S rDNA sequence identity with two European strains (120/81 and MC3386) isolated in Germany and Ireland, respectively, and hosts a vsp gene analog to the vspA, vsp422-4, and vsp422-8 genes of the M. bovis reference strain PG45T and of the field strain 422. The use of a cross-reactive rabbit serum developed against the Mycoplasma agalactiae immunodominant antigen P48 confirmed the molecular findings. The immunological response of calves against M. bovis was also investigated. This is the first report on the occurrence of M. bovis on the Island of Sardinia (Italy).
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- Alberto Alberti
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale e Clinica Medica Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy.
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Wang Y, Liu S, Li Y, Wang Q, Shao J, Chen Y, Xin J. Mycoplasma bovis-derived lipid-associated membrane proteins activate IL-1β production through the NF-κB pathway via toll-like receptor 2 and MyD88. Dev Comp Immunol 2016; 55:111-8. [PMID: 26499291 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Mycoplasma bovis causes pneumonia, otitis media, and arthritis in young calves, resulting in economic losses to the cattle industry worldwide. M. bovis pathogenesis results in part from excessive immune responses. Lipid-associated membrane proteins (LAMPs) can potently induce host innate immunity. However, interactions between M. bovis-derived LAMPs and Toll-like receptors (TLRs), or signaling pathways eliciting active inflammation and NF-κB activation, are incompletely understood. Here, we found that IL-1β expression was induced in embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cells stimulated with M. bovis-derived LAMPs. Subcellular-localization analysis revealed nuclear p65 translocation following EBL cell stimulation with M. bovis-derived LAMPs. An NF-κB inhibitor reversed M. bovis-derived LAMP-induced IL-1β expression. TLR2 and myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) overexpression increased LAMP-dependent IL-1β induction. TLR2-neutralizing antibodies reduced IL-1β expression during LAMP stimulation. LAMPs also inhibited IL-1β expression following overexpression of a dominant-negative MyD88 protein. These results suggested that M. bovis-derived LAMPs activate IL-1β production through the NF-κB pathway via TLR2 and MyD88.
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- Yang Wang
- National Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Reference Laboratory, Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Harbin, 150001, China; Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, College of Bioengineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China
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- National Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Reference Laboratory, Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Harbin, 150001, China
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- National Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Reference Laboratory, Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Harbin, 150001, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150001, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130000, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150001, China
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- National Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Reference Laboratory, Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Harbin, 150001, China.
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Mulongo M, Prysliak T, Perez-Casal J. Vaccination of feedlot cattle with extracts and membrane fractions from two Mycoplasma bovis isolates results in strong humoral immune responses but does not protect against an experimental challenge. Vaccine 2013; 31:1406-12. [PMID: 23340004 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis is one of the most significant contributors to the bovine respiratory syndrome (BRD) that causes major losses in feedlot and dairy farms. Current experimental vaccines against M. bovis are ineffective and in some cases seem to enhance disease. Experimental infection with M. bovis induces a predominantly Th2 response and high levels of IgG1, which is an inferior opsonin and hence lacks protective capacity. In an attempt to induce a balanced (Th1/Th2) immune response, we have used CpG ODN 2007 as an adjuvant in a trial involving vaccination of cattle with M. bovis total extracts and/or membrane fractions and subsequent intranasal inoculation with an infective dose of M. bovis prepared from two different clinical isolates. Significant IgG1 serum responses were observed against both, extracts and fractions while IgG2 responses were significant against the extracts only. Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) after incubation with M. bovis cells was only observed in post-challenge samples of cattle vaccinated with both extracts and fractions but not in samples of cattle immunized with the membrane fractions alone. All groups showed transient weight losses and increased temperatures however, there were no significant differences in clinical parameters and survival rates between the groups.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Bacterial Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Bacterial Vaccines/immunology
- Bacterial Vaccines/isolation & purification
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases/prevention & control
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Proliferation
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Mycoplasma Infections/prevention & control
- Mycoplasma Infections/veterinary
- Mycoplasma bovis/chemistry
- Mycoplasma bovis/immunology
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/administration & dosage
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/prevention & control
- Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/veterinary
- Vaccination/methods
- Vaccines, Subunit/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/isolation & purification
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- Musa Mulongo
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E3
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Perez-Casal J, Prysliak T. Detection of antibodies against the Mycoplasma bovis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase protein in beef cattle. Microb Pathog 2007; 43:189-97. [PMID: 17689221 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Diseases caused by Mycoplasma bovis are an important source of financial losses for beef and dairy cattle producers. Antigenic variation in M. bovis hinders the production of effective vaccines and although there are few vaccines available, they are prepared from bacteria obtained from few isolates potentially limiting their effectiveness. Thus, to develop a vaccine that protects against all M. bovis isolates, it is necessary to use a common antigen that shows less or no antigenic variation. We have isolated the gap gene of M. bovis encoding for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and showed that cattle colonized with M. bovis were able to mount an immune response to GAPDH. Using restriction-fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of several M. bovis gap genes amplified by PCR, we were able to detect small intragenic variations that allowed us to classify the genes into two groups without changing the antigenic makeup of the proteins. The immune responses detected in cattle combined with the antigenic conservation of the proteins suggest that the M. bovis GAPDH protein could be a potential target for development of a more effective vaccine against all M. bovis isolates.
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- Jose Perez-Casal
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E3.
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The objective of the current study was to characterize the systemic and local innate immune response of dairy cows to IMI with Mycoplasma bovis, a pathogen of growing concern to the dairy industry. Ten Holstein cows were each infused in 1 quarter with M. bovis and studied for a 10-d period. Acute phase protein synthesis, which reflects 1 parameter of the systemic response to infection, was induced within 108 h of infection, as evidenced by increased circulating concentrations of lipopolysaccharide binding protein and serum amyloid A. Transient neutropenia was observed from 84 to 168 h postinfection, whereas a constant state of lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia was observed from 84 h until the end of the study. Milk somatic cell counts initially increased within 66 h of M. bovis infusion and remained elevated, relative to control (time 0) concentrations, for the remainder of study. Increased milk concentrations of BSA, which reflect increased permeability of the mammary epithelial-endothelial barrier, were evident within 78 h of infection and were sustained from 90 h until the end of the study. Milk concentrations of several cytokines, including IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, IL-10, IL-12, tumor growth factor-alpha, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, were elevated in response to infection over a period of several days, whereas increases in milk IL-8 were of a more limited duration. Complement activation, reflected by increased milk concentrations of complement factor 5a, was also observed over several days. Despite the indication by these observed changes that the cows mounted a prolonged inflammatory response to M. bovis intramammary infection, all quarters remained infected throughout the study with persistently high concentrations of this bacterium. Thus, a sustained inflammatory response is not sufficient to eradicate M. bovis from the mammary gland and may reflect the ongoing struggle of the host to clear this persistent pathogen.
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- A C W Kauf
- Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Gagea MI, Bateman KG, van Dreumel T, McEwen BJ, Carman S, Archambault M, Shanahan RA, Caswell JL. Diseases and pathogens associated with mortality in Ontario beef feedlots. J Vet Diagn Invest 2007; 18:18-28. [PMID: 16566254 DOI: 10.1177/104063870601800104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study determined the prevalence of diseases and pathogens associated with mortality or severe morbidity in 72 Ontario beef feedlots in calves that died or were euthanized within 60 days after arrival. Routine pathologic and microbiologic investigations, as well as immunohistochemical staining for detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) antigen, were performed on 99 calves that died or were euthanized within 60 days after arrival. Major disease conditions identified included fibrinosuppurative bronchopneumonia (49%), caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia or arthritis (or both) caused by Mycoplasma bovis (36%), viral respiratory disease (19%), BVDV-related diseases (21%), Histophilus somni myocarditis (8%), ruminal bloat (2%), and miscellaneous diseases (8%). Viral infections identified were BVDV (35%), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (9%), bovine herpesvirus-1 (6%), parainfluenza-3 virus (3%), and bovine coronavirus (2%). Bacteria isolated from the lungs included M. bovis (82%), Mycoplasma arginini (72%), Ureaplasma diversum (25%), Mannheimia haemolytica (27%), Pasteurella multocida (19%), H. somni (14%), and Arcanobacterium pyogenes (19%). Pneumonia was the most frequent cause of mortality of beef calves during the first 2 months after arrival in feedlots, representing 69% of total deaths. The prevalence of caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia caused by M. bovis was similar to that of fibrinosuppurative bronchopneumonia, and together, these diseases were the most common causes of pneumonia and death. M. bovis pneumonia and polyarthritis has emerged as an important cause of mortality in Ontario beef feedlots.
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- Mihai I Gagea
- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, Canada
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Robino P, Alberti A, Pittau M, Chessa B, Miciletta M, Nebbia P, Le Grand D, Rosati S. Genetic and antigenic characterization of the surface lipoprotein P48 of Mycoplasma bovis. Vet Microbiol 2005; 109:201-9. [PMID: 15985342 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 05/05/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The presence of a membrane lipoprotein homologous to the P48 of Mycoplasma agalactiae was investigated in different Mycoplasma bovis isolates selected by geographical locations and biological properties. Its potential as a diagnostic tool was also discussed. The presence of a specific signal observed in all M. bovis field isolates probed with a rabbit antiserum raised against the M. agalactiae recombinant P48 demonstrated that this protein is structurally and antigenically conserved within the M. bovis cluster. No signal was detected when testing six different mycoplasma species found in cattle. The p48 gene was identified by PCR approach and partially sequenced. Full length gene sequence was obtained by direct bacterial chromosome sequencing. Five UGAs were selectively mutated into UGG and the full length mutated gene, lacking the signal peptide, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant antigen (r-P48) was evaluated as a potential marker of infection using a panel of 86 well-characterized sera from experimentally and naturally infected cattle. Specific IgM antibodies were detected within 6-9 days after experimental infection followed by an IgG response lasting from the third/fourth week after contact. Although antibody titers were well below those observed in sheep or goats infected with M. agalactiae, results suggest that M. bovis r-P48 can be used as a specific marker of infection.
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- Patrizia Robino
- Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Epidemiologia ed Ecologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
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Ghadersohi A, Fayazi Z, Hirst RG. Development of a monoclonal blocking ELISA for the detection of antibody to Mycoplasma bovis in dairy cattle and comparison to detection by PCR. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2005; 104:183-93. [PMID: 15734539 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 10/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A monoclonal antibody blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (B-ELISA) was developed to detect antibodies to Mycoplasma bovis in cattle sera. The assay was highly specific and sensitive and there was no cross-reaction detected. This method revealed a high prevalence of antibodies (60%) to M. bovis in dairy cattle in North Queensland. The diagnostic potential of this B-ELISA for the detection of antibody to M. bovis was compared with its detection by PCR. There was a strong positive correlation between PCR and B-ELISA titers. Thus, the B-ELISA appears to be a valuable and reproducible tool in the serodiagnosis of M. bovis infection in cattle.
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- Ali Ghadersohi
- Department Microbiology and Immunology and Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Science James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. 4811, Australia.
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Levisohn S, Garazi S, Gerchman I, Brenner J. Diagnosis of a mixed mycoplasma infection associated with a severe outbreak of bovine pinkeye in young calves. J Vet Diagn Invest 2005; 16:579-81. [PMID: 15586576 DOI: 10.1177/104063870401600615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovoculi and Mycoplasma bovis were both isolated from conjunctival swabs taken from young calves showing symptoms consistent with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye). No Moraxella spp. or other nonmycoplasma bacteria were isolated in association with this severe clinical outbreak. Based on laboratory tests and clinical observations, the first phase of the disease was likely pneumonic in nature, possibly caused by bovine respiratory syncytial virus and M. bovis. In the subsequent phase of the disease course, infection with both M. bovoculi and M. bovis resulted in ocular disease. A combination of microbiological, serological, and molecular diagnosticmethods was used to elucidate the etiology of the outbreak.
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Flores-Gutiérrez GH, Infante F, Salinas-Meléndez JA, Thomas CB, Estrada-Bellmann PC, Briones-Encinia F. Development of an Immunobinding Assay with Monoclonal Antibodies to Diagnose Mycoplasma bovis in Semen. Vet Res Commun 2004; 28:681-6. [PMID: 15609868 DOI: 10.1023/b:verc.0000045953.39260.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- G H Flores-Gutiérrez
- UAM Reynosa-Aztlán, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Calle 16 y Lago de Chapala, CP 88740, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.
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Histology and immunohistochemistry were used to analyse the lesions and distribution of Mycoplasma bovis antigen in the lungs of 18 naturally infected calves. Microscopic examination of pneumonic lungs revealed two distinct patterns of necrosis and inflammation. The first pattern was observed in six of 18 (33.3%) calves in which microscopic lesions were characterized by large irregular areas of coagulative necrosis surrounded by a dense zone of degenerated neutrophils. Moderate amounts of mycoplasmal antigen were in the centre and periphery of these necrotic foci and, to a lesser extent, in mononuclear cells of the peribronchial lymphoid tissue. The second pattern was observed in 18 of 18 (100%) calves and consisted of rounded foci of caseous necrosis composed by granular eosinophilic material surrounded by a rim of granulation tissue. Large amounts of M. bovis antigen were detected in the centre and periphery of these necrotic foci and, to a lesser extent, in the peribronchial lymphoid tissue, and alveolar and interstitial macrophages. It was concluded that both caseous and coagulative necrosis of the lung parenchyma was primarily caused by M. bovis. Infection with M. bovis should be suspected in bovine necrotic bronchopneumonia, particularly in cases in which the pulmonary necrosis is part of a pyogranulomatous inflammation centred around airways. The pattern of caseous necrosis with pyogranulomatous inflammation is characteristic of M. bovis infection while the pattern of coagulative necrosis is similar to and must be differentiated from Mannheimia haemolytica and Haemophilus somnus infection.
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- A Khodakaram-Tafti
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave. Charlottetown, PEI, Canada C1A 4P3
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Haines DM, Moline KM, Sargent RA, Campbell JR, Myers DJ, Doig PA. Immunohistochemical study of Hemophilus somnus, Mycoplasma bovis, Mannheimia hemolytica, and bovine viral diarrhea virus in death losses due to myocarditis in feedlot cattle. Can Vet J 2004; 45:231-4. [PMID: 15072195 PMCID: PMC548609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of Hemophilus somnus, Mycoplasma bovis, Mannheimia hemolytica, and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in lesional tissues of feeder calves dying with myocarditis. Tissues from the heart and lungs of 92 calves dying with myocarditis in Alberta feedlots were immunohistochemically stained for the antigens of these agents. Tissues from 44 calves dying from noninfectious causes and 35 calves dying with pneumonia were tested as controls. Hemophilus somnus was found in cardiac lesions in the majority of myocarditis cases (70/92). Mycoplasma bovis was concurrently demonstrated in the hearts of 4/92 affected calves. No bacterial pathogens were found in heart tissues from the control groups of calves. Bovine viral diarrhea virus was demonstrated in the tissues of 4/92 myocarditis cases compared with those of 13/35 calves dying from pneumonia and 0/44 calves dying from noninfectious causes. The results demonstrate that H. somnus is the principle pathogen associated with myocarditis in feedlot calves and that the presence of BVDV is more common in these calves compared with calves dying of noninfectious causes. The findings also suggest that BVDV is an important pathogen in calves dying with gross postmortem lesions of pneumonia.
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- Deborah M Haines
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskathewan S7N 5B4, Canada.
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Maeda T, Shibahara T, Kimura K, Wada Y, Sato K, Imada Y, Ishikawa Y, Kadota K. Mycoplasma bovis-associated suppurative otitis media and pneumonia in bull calves. J Comp Pathol 2003; 129:100-10. [PMID: 12921715 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9975(03)00009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Outbreaks of Mycoplasma bovis-associated otitis media and pneumonia occurred on four beef cattle farms in Hokkaido, Japan between 2000 and 2001. The morbidity and mortality were estimated at 8-40 and 30-100%, respectively. Eight calves with bilateral ear droop and exudative otitis media were examined bacteriologically and histopathologically. M. bovis was isolated post mortem from nasal swabs and from the ears, lungs, lymph nodes (cranial and pulmonary), brain and heart of all calves. At necropsy, suppurative exudates were observed in the tympanic bullae of all cases. Numerous abscesses were also found in the petrous portion of the temporal bone and lungs in seven cases. Histopathologically, the exudates within the tympanic bullae consisted of a mixture of neutrophils, necrotic cell debris and fibrin, and the tympanic mucosa was thickened with neutrophil and macrophage infiltration and proliferation of fibrous connective tissue. Pulmonary lesions included extensive foci of coagulative necrosis surrounded by numerous neutrophils. Hepatocytes or renal tubular epithelial cells were enlarged with hyaline cytoplasmic inclusions in four calves. Immunohistochemical labelling confirmed the presence of M. bovis antigen in the cytoplasm of the inflammatory cells in the middle ear, temporal bone and lungs, and was also demonstrated within the cytoplasmic inclusions of the hepatocytes and renal tubular epithelial cells. Ultrastructurally, mycoplasma-like organisms, 200-500 microm in diameter, were found within not only hepatocytes and renal tubular epithelia but also within axons of the facial nerves. The present results show that M. bovis spreads to multiple organs and is capable of invading various kinds of host cell. The intracellular localization may be favourable for evading host immune responses.
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- T Maeda
- Hokkaido Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, 4 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo 062-0045, Japan
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