Sensitivity of two methods to detect Mycoplasma agalactiae in goat milk

Irish Veterinary Journal

J. Amores¹  A. Contreras¹  C. de la Fe¹  J.C. Corrales¹  A. Paterna¹  A. Gómez-Martín¹  M. Prats-van der Ham¹  A. Sánchez¹  J. Tatay-Dualde¹ 

[1] Research Group on Ruminant Health, Animal Health Department, School of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30071, Spain

关键词: Mycoplasma agalactiae;    Milk;    Culture;    PCR;    Contagious agalactia;    Goat;   

Others  :  1225068
DOI  :  10.1186/s13620-015-0049-y

 received in 2014-10-09, accepted in 2015-09-03,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Laboratory diagnostic techniques able to detect Mycoplasma agalactiae are essential in contagious agalactia in dairy goats. This study was designed: 1) to determine the detection limits of PCR and culture in goat milk samples, 2) to examine the effects of experimental conditions including the DNA extraction method, PCR technique and storage conditions (fresh versus frozen stored milk samples) on these methods and 3), to establish agreement between PCR and culture techniques using milk samples from goats with mastitis in commercial dairy herds. The study was conducted both on artificially inoculated and field samples.

Results

Our findings indicate that culture is able to detect M. agalactiae in goat milk at lower concentrations than PCR. Qualitative detection of M.agalactiae by culture and PCR was not affected by sample freezing, though the DNA extraction method used significantly affected the results of the different PCR protocols. When clinical samples were used, both techniques showed good agreement.

Conclusions

The results from this study indicate that both culture and PCR are able to detect M. agalactiae in clinical goat mastitis samples. However, in bulk tank milk samples with presumably lower M. agalactiae concentrations, culture is recommended within the first 24 h of sample collection due to its lower limit of detection. To improve the diagnostic sensitivity of PCR in milk samples, there is a need to increase the efficiency of extracting DNA from milk samples using protocols including a previous step of enzymatic digestion.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Tatay-Dualde et al.

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