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. 2014 Jan 15;44(3):911-4.
doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822013000300040. eCollection 2013.

Detection of Ureaplasma spp. in semen samples from sheep in Brazil

Sandra Batista dos Santos  1 , Orestes Luiz de Souza Neto  1 , Pedro Paulo Feitosa de Albuquerque  1 , André da Rocha Mota  1 , Pomy de Cássia Peixoto Kim  1 , Erica Paes Barreto Xavier de Moraes  1 , Elmiro Rosendo do Nascimento  2 , Rinaldo Apareci do Mota  1
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Detection of Ureaplasma spp. in semen samples from sheep in Brazil

Sandra Batista dos Santos et al. Braz J Microbiol. .

Abstract

A study was conducted to verify the presence of mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas DNA in sheep semen samples from the State of Pernambuco. The PCR assay was conducted of according with standard protocols with generic primers. Mollicutes DNA was detected in 26.0% and Ureaplasma spp. in 12.0% of semen samples.

Keywords: mycoplasmas; reproduction diseases; semen; sheep.

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