Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 268-269 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | The Veterinary Record |
Volume | 136 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Print publication - 18 Mar 1995 |