Ball H J, Mackie D P
J Hyg (Lond). 1985 Oct;95(2):375-82. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400062793.
As an estimate of their virulence, the ability of ovine, bovine, canine, feline and simian ureaplasma strains to cause mastitis in the ovine mammary gland was investigated. Five ovine ureaplasmas produced a clinical mastitis. Broth cultures of seven bovine ureaplasmas were unable to infect the ovine gland, but two of these strains plus one other were able to do so following passage through the bovine udder. One of two canine strains and a feline strain both caused mastitis, but the simian strain persisted at low titre for only 5 days post-inoculation in one of the two ewes tested.
为评估其毒力,研究了绵羊、牛、犬、猫和猴脲原体菌株在绵羊乳腺中引起乳腺炎的能力。五种绵羊脲原体导致了临床乳腺炎。七种牛脲原体的肉汤培养物无法感染绵羊乳腺,但其中两种菌株加上另一种菌株在通过牛乳房传代后能够感染。两种犬菌株中的一种和一种猫菌株都引起了乳腺炎,但在两只受试母羊中的一只中,猴菌株接种后仅在低滴度下持续了5天。