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Mollecutes
soft skin
Bacteria without cell wall genus'
Mycoplasma
Ureaplasma
Hemotrophic mycoplasma
Mycoplasma ureaplasma
general characteristics
Small genome/size
No cell wall
Pleomorphic
Resistant to penicillin
Sensitive to environmental factors
Gram un-stainable
Mycoplasma and Ureaplsma limited biosynthetic capacity
Fastidious - sterols needed
intimate association w/i host
Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma colony characteristic
Fried egg colonies
Ureaplasma hydrolyzes urea
host and tissue and species specific
Mycoplasma spp. general characteristics
Facultative anaerobe
extracellular/cell surface
mucous membrane
inhalation/contact/vertical fomites
Mycoplasma can pass from
vet to animal
Mycoplasma surface virulence factors
cytadhesions:attachment, intimate association
High frequency surface variable proteins (Vsp) - avoid
Lipoproteins (modulins) - cytokine inflammation
H2O2
Vsps genome allows for
many different combinations of variable portion.
Mycoplasma secreted toxins
Protease/nucleases and cytolytic phospholipids - nutrient acquisition
H2O2/O2 - cell damage
Capsule - antiphagocytic
Mycoplamsa causes
cell damage via ciliostasis
Mycoplasma spp Bovine infection
M. mycoides
M. bovis
Mycoplasma ssp poultry infection
M. gallisepticum
M. xynoviae
M. meleagridis
Mycoplasma spp.
Swine infection
M. hyopneumoniae
M. hyorhinis
Mycoplasma Bovine diseases
Mycopalsma mycoides subsp mycoides - small colony type
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Fever, respiratory signs, death in 1 - 2 weeks
Lung - marbled apperance
Contagious bovine pleruopneumonia
CBPP
Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides
Most devastaing infection - eradicated in US
Mycoplasma bovis
Bovine pneumonia
respiratory signs
lung lesions
co-infection with other bacteria
Mycoplasma bovis also causes
bovine mastitis
contagious
Mycoplasma Bovine disease transmission
contact with carriers
Milking procedure
Mycoplasma poultry disease
M. gallisepticum
M. synoviae
M. meleagridis
M. gallisepticum presentations
chronic respiratory disease
coughing, nasla discharge, airsacculitis
M. synoviae presentation
subclinical respiratory
synovitis - meat building
M. meleagridis
respiratory/arthritis
Turkey
Mycoplasma poultry diseases transmission
aerosol - horizontal
hatching egg - vertical
Mycoplasma hyosynoviae
M. hyopneumoniae
enxootic pneumonia of pigs (EPP) - chronic lung gets hard
pulmonary consolidation
reduced feed conversion
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
polyarthritis
plyserositis
Mycoplasma porcine disease transmission
carrier dams to pigs
airosol fomites
Mycoplasma infection diagnosis
clinical history:resp/joint prob
post mortem
culture/serology/PCR
Mycoplasma infections control/prevention/treatment
clean/stock/flock
reduce stress
tetracyclin, tylosin etc.
Ureaplasma Diversum pathogenesis
intimate association w/i host cells
ammonia buildup
Ureaplasma diseases
granular vulvitis/abortion
Ureaplasma transmission/treatment
venereal, tetracycline
Hemotrophic mycoplasma general characteristic
small/No Cell Wall
noncultivable
erythrocytic parastites
Hemotrophic mycoplasma is transmitted via
arthropods
Hemotrophic mycoplasma ssp
M. suis - porcine eperythrozoonosis
M. haemocanis - Canine haemobartonellosis
M. haemofelis - Feline haemobartonellosis
Porcine eperythrozoonosis
M. suis
icteroanemia
Canine Haemobartonellosis
M. haemocanis
Feline Haemobartonellosis
M. haemofelis
M. suis.
eperythrozoonosis characteristics
acute hemolytic anemia
subclinical
Necrosis of extremities
M. Haemocanis
Canine infection
Canine haemobartonellosis
subclinical
anemia/death
M. haemofelis
Feline infection
Feline haemobartonellosis - feline infectious anemia
Hemolytic anemia, subclinical
Transmission: oral/bite wounds, free-roaming cats
hemotrophic mycoplsama diagnosis
cytology/PCR
control/Prevention/treatment
Control flea/tick
remove chronic carrier
oxytetracycline/chloramphenical
NO penicillins