TY - JOUR AU - Jalboush, Nasr AU - Alzuheir, Ibrahim PY - 2017/05/20 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - First prevalence report of contagious agalactia by Mycoplasma agalactiae in sheep in Jericho-Palestine JF - Scientific Journal of Veterinary Advances JA - Sci. J. Vet. Adv. VL - 6 IS - 5 SE - DO - UR - https://www.sjournals.com/index.php/sjva/article/view/239 SP - 170-174 AB - <p>Contagious agalactiae caused by&nbsp;<em>Mycoplasma agalctiae</em>&nbsp;(<em>M. agalctiae</em>) implicated for important losses in small ruminant due to mortality, decreased milk production, and cost of treatment and prevention. There is a lack of information about the disease status in Palestine. In this study, a survey of&nbsp;<em>M. agalctiae</em>&nbsp;antibodies in sheep blood from Jericho city near the Jordan River in the eastern Palestine was conducted. A total of 611 randomly selected sheep of different ages were investigated from different farms in two regions in Jericho city during the period from December 2016 to March 2017 to. Blood samples were collected and serum was subjected to serologic examination for detection of antibodies against&nbsp;<em>M. agalctiae&nbsp;</em>major membrane lipoprotein of (p48) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA, CHECKIT, IDEXX). The overall&nbsp;<em>M. agalctiae</em>&nbsp;seroprevalence rate was 11.5%. Regarding the distribution of the disease in the investigated regions in Jericho city; the seroprevalence rate of&nbsp;<em>M. agalctiae</em>&nbsp;in sheep was 13.5% in Al-Jiftlik and 4.4% in Fasa'il. This is the first report of&nbsp;<em>M. agalactiae&nbsp;</em>infection in Palestine. Further studies are required to determine other causes of contagious agalactiae and to include other regions in Palestine.</p> ER -