The Pathogenomics of the Respiratory Mycoplasma bovis Strains Circulating in Cattle Around the Texas Panhandle, USA.

ABSTRACT: Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major economic and animal welfare issue in the beef industry. Mycoplasma bovis is one of the main causal organisms, particularly in chronic cases. Due to the difficulty of isolating M. bovis from clinical isolates, there is a lack of information on the genetic diversity of this pathogen in the Texas panhandle region of the United States. Therefore, our objective was to provide genome-level characterization of M. bovis isolated from the lung lesions of beef and dairy cattle in the Texas panhandle. Fifty-four isolates displaying mycoplasma-like growth were recovered from bovine lung lesions by the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in 2021 and 2022. Of these isolates, 32 were determined to be M. bovis via species-s

SUBMITTER: Dudley EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11858780 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature