Table 1

Number and distribution of ruminant mycoplasma species, identified by VIGIMYC between 2003 and 2008.

Ruminant hosts

(total number of strains)

Cattle^a

(1142)

Goats^b

(664)

Sheep^c

(137)

Ibex^d

(61)

Mycoplasma species recovered

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

M. bovis

628

55

-

-

-

-

-

M. agalactiae

1

0.1

13

2

28

20.4

11

M. bovirhinis (o)

314

27.5

-

-

1

0.7

-

M. canis (p ?)

2

0.2

-

-

-

-

-

M. arginini (o ?)

162

14.1

65

10

92

67.1

4

M. alkalescens (p ?)

14

1.2

-

-

-

-

-

M. canadense (p ?)

5

0.4

-

-

-

-

-

M. bovigenitalium (o)

4

0.4

-

-

1

0.7

-

M. mycoides subsp. capri

4

0.4

281

42.3

6

4.4

43

M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

M. capricolum subsp. capricolum

-

-

175

26.3

-

-

-

M. leachii

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

M. putrefaciens

-

-

104

15.5

-

-

-

M. yeatsii (o)

-

-

24

3.5

-

-

-

M. ovipneumoniae (p ?)

-

-

1

0.2

8

6

-

M. auris (o)

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

M. conjunctivae

-

-

1

0.2

-

-

-

Acholeplasma laidlawii (o)

8

0.7

-

-

1

0.7

-

Species for which the pathogenicity is unknown (p?) or that are opportunists (o) or putative opportunists (o?) are indicated. N = number of strains identified for each species. % = percentage of strains belonging to a mycoplasmal species in relation to the total number of mycoplasmal strains isolated from each farm species. - = zero.

a) Cattle: 1061 cultures were received from 857 outbreaks, of which 61 were negative (no mycoplasma or contamination by bacterial or fungi)

b) Goats: 611 cultures were received from 268 outbreaks, of which 45 were negative.

c) Sheep: 158 cultures were received from 113 outbreaks, of which 28 were negative.

d) Ibex: 74 cultures were received from ibex, of which 13 were negative.

Chazel et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2010 6:32   doi:10.1186/1746-6148-6-32