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Demonstration of two distinct hemotropic mycoplasmas in French dogs
Martin J Kenny1, Susan E Shaw, Fréderic Beugnet
1Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford BS40 5DU, UK.
Abstract:
In North America it has been shown that distinct hemotropic mycoplasmas exist in dogs. Blood samples from 460 French dogs were analyzed by PCR to evaluate hemoplasma infection status. Seventy-one dogs (15.4%) were positive; of these, 44 (9.6%) were infected with an organism closely related to "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum" only, 15 (3.3%) were infected with Mycoplasma haemocanis only, and 12 dogs (2.6%) were dually infected with both organisms.

