Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Low, JC
• Somerville, D
• Mylne, MJ
• McKelvey, WA

Titel

Prevalence of Actinobacillus seminis in the semen of rams in the United Kingdom

Ist Teil von

• Veterinary record, 1995-03, Vol.136 (11), p.268-269

Ort / Verlag

England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A survey was conducted to establish the prevalence of Actinobacillus seminis in ovine semen and the possible importance of the organism as a cause of ram infertility. A seminis was isolated from three of 16 infertile rams and the infected animals had lesions of the genital tract and produced poor quality semen. A seminis was also isolated from two of 96 fertile rams used as donors of semen for artificial insemination programmes. The strains of A seminis could be identified on the basis of their API ZYM profiles. The results suggest that in the United Kingdom A seminis should be considered as a common cause of infertility in rams.