INCIDENCE OF MYCOPLASMA INFECTION IN MASTITIC COWS AND BUFFALOES IN UPPER EGYPT

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Seven Friesian dairy herds and 301 dairy buffaloes were investigated in this study. The incidence of Mycoplasma in mastitic cows and buffaloes was 17.75% and 2.04% respectively. All isolated strains were identified biochemically and serologically as Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma arginini. No Mycoplasrna could be isolated from normal or subclinical mastitic milk of cows and buffaloes.