MULTIPLEX KIT PCR Mycoplasma

Mycoplasmas are bacteria that lack a cell wall, but are enclosed by a lipid bilayer membrane. They colonize the mucous membranes of the respiratory and genital tracts as well as red blood cells, and are found in many animals and human They have also been isolated at necropsy from lungs of dogs and cats with various types of pneumonia but are not generally present in the lungs of healthy animals, especially cats. Also, these are opportunistic organisms normally found in the vaginal canal. In large enough numbers, they may cause infertility, early embryonic deaths, abortion, stillbirths and weak, nonviable pups.