INDICATING MYCOPLASMAS OF UROGENITAL TRACT IN DOGDS
The article considers a burning issue of today, the problem of urogenital mycoplasmosis in carnivore. It provides the data of laboratory examinations of the biological material taken from the dogs kept in Novosibirsk shelters and those belonging to private owners. The aim of the works was to study the degree of spreading the mycoplasma carrying in urogenital tract in dogs. To detect mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas in the material from urogenital tract the direct microbiological inoculation was used on special selective cultural mediums. The extent to which mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas carrying has spread is high. The dogs are established to carry simultaneously numerous different species of mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas. Possible urogenital illnesses are described which are caused by representatives of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. The causes of the extensive spreading of mycoplasmas in the shelter dogs are suggested. The article justifies the necessity to monitor mycoplasmosis and ureaplasmas carrying in dog population. The diagnostics, as a primary counter-epizootic event, is recommended which allows to carry on rational and effective therapy and predict the further progress of the disease and its outcome.