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Table 2 Mollicutes species identified from ovine and caprine clinical diagnostic samples by molecular DNA tests at APHA Weybridge during 2005–2019

From: Identification of Mycoplasma species and related organisms from ruminants in England and Wales during 2005–2019

Mollcutes species

Year

Total

%

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

M. arginini

47

43

38

19

20

11

17

12

16

13

7

17

5

31

27

323

28.56%

M. bovis

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.18%

M. conjunctivae

7

18

24

8

14

5

7

7

14

4

11

12

14

16

26

187

16.53%

M. ovipneumoniae

87

97

92

19

47

15

24

24

22

19

34

28

21

61

26

616

54.47%

M. fermentans

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.09%

M. ovis

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0.09%

A. laidlawii

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.09%

Total

142

158

154

46

82

31

49

43

52

37

52

57

41

108

79

1131

 
  1. The frequency of identification of each Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma species per year is shown, and the percentage proportion of each species identified