Prevalence of Actinobacillus seminis in the semen of rams in the United Kingdom
| Autor: | M. J. A. Mylne, D. Somerville, J. C. Low, W. A. C. Mckelvey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Infertility medicine.medical_treatment Sheep Diseases Semen Poor quality Andrology Actinobacillus Infections fluids and secretions Actinobacillus seminis Prevalence medicine Animals Infertility Male Bacteriological Techniques Sheep General Veterinary biology Artificial insemination Actinobacillus General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Tissue Donors United Kingdom Genital tract |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Record. 136:268-269 |
| ISSN: | 2042-7670 0042-4900 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/vr.136.11.268 |
| Popis: | A survey was conducted to establish the prevalence of Actinobacillus seminis in ovine semen and the possible importance of the organism as a cause of ram infertility. A seminis was isolated from three of 16 infertile rams and the infected animals had lesions of the genital tract and produced poor quality semen. A seminis was also isolated from two of 96 fertile rams used as donors of semen for artificial insemination programmes. The strains of A seminis could be identified on the basis of their API ZYM profiles. The results suggest that in the United Kingdom A seminis should be considered as a common cause of infertility in rams. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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