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1 June 2005 SEROPREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA ALLIGATORIS AMONG FREE-RANGING ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) IN FLORIDA—2003
Daniel R. Brown, Laurie A. Zacher, Dwayne A. Carbonneau
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Abstract

Mycoplasma alligatoris causes acute lethal infection of alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). The objective of this study was to assess the current seroprevalence of M. alligatoris among free-ranging, juvenile and subadult alligators in Florida. Thirty-two of 592 (5.4%) plasma samples from alligators at 12 of 20 sites (60%) in April and October 2003 were tested seropositive (titer 1: ≥32) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for anti–M. alligatoris antibodies. These results show that alligators throughout Florida have a recent history of exposure to M. alligatoris and suggest that contact with free-ranging alligators may constitute a risk of lethal infection of susceptible crocodilians.

Daniel R. Brown, Laurie A. Zacher, and Dwayne A. Carbonneau "SEROPREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA ALLIGATORIS AMONG FREE-RANGING ALLIGATORS (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) IN FLORIDA—2003," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 36(2), 340-341, (1 June 2005). https://doi.org/10.1638/04-029.1
Received: 9 April 2004; Published: 1 June 2005
KEYWORDS
Alligator mississippiensis
crocodilian
Florida
immunoassay
Mycoplasma
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