The Veterinary Record, Vol 98, Issue 12, 235-237
Copyright © 1976 by British Veterinary Association
Isolation of mycoplasmas from the respiratory tract of horses in Australia
AR Moorthy
and
PB Spradbrow
Mycoplasmas were isolated from two of 43 nasal swabs taken from live horses, and from one of 28 tracheal swabs taken from slaughtered horses. The slaughtered horse that yielded mycoplasmas had no gross pathological changes in the respiratory tract, but the nasal isolations were made from horses with rhinitis. The three mycoplasmas could be distinguished by cultural characteristics, and probably they represent three different species.