The role of mycoplasmatales in diseases of sheep and goats in egypt

The mycoplasma flora of normal and diseased sheep and goats were studied. 1197 specimens from sheep andH3 from goats yielded 286 and 106 isolates, respectiv- Based on the results of digitonin testt 253 isola-tes from sheep and 106 from goats belonged to genus ]ycoplasma, while 33 isolates from sheep belonged togenus Acholeplasma.Based on the results of biochemical tests onpurified isolates, four biochemical groups from shwere observed. Serological identification of mycoplasma isolatesrevealed the presence of eight species in sheep and only M.argin~ni was the most prevalent species in this!tudy, being recovered from many sites of normal and ~seased sheep and goats.M.capri was identified for tile first time in sheep; solates being from three nasal and five or-ophar’yngea Lbs and one pneumonic lung.