Comparison of DNA Extraction Procedures for Detection of Mycoplasma Bovis Directly from Extended Bovine Semen Straw Samples Using a Commercial M. Bovis PCR

Overview

Journal BMC Vet Res

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2024 Oct 27

PMID 39462362

Authors

Emma Taylor

Alannah Deeney

Colin Birch

Georgia Mayne

Anne Ridley

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Abstract

Background: Mycoplasma bovis is a global pathogen of cattle but was detected for the first time in New Zealand in 2017, triggering a response under their Biosecurity Act as an "unwanted organism". Following a lengthy eradication campaign, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) now requires all bovine semen destined for export to New Zealand to be screened with an M. bovis-specific real-time PCR (rtPCR) compliant with amended import health standard (IHS) test requirements aimed at preventing the accidental importation of M. bovis. The standard stipulates that semen samples cannot be centrifuged prior to DNA extraction. To comply with these strict requirements, one of the listed tests was validated together with different DNA preparation steps and compared with existing in-house procedures. DNA was extracted from semen straws using the current in-house semi-automated platform procedures for processing culture, tissue and body fluid sample submissions and was compared with the stipulated test requirements. DNA from centrifuged and unspun semen samples spiked with M. bovis was also compared.

Results: The rtPCR had a sensitivity and specificity of 100% (95% confidence interval = 79-100% and 74-100%, respectively) when testing DNA from other Mycoplasma species or bovine semen spiked with the latter, with a high level of repeatability for within- and between- run replicates. The consistent limit of detection was 0.001 pg/µl M. bovis DNA and between 5.3 × 10 and 7.5 × 10 CFU/ml M. bovis when artificially spiked in semen. DNA extracted using the KingFisher Flex was detected with lower Cq values than the Maxwell 16, but the comparable improvements in sensitivity were mainly associated with non-centrifuged samples (p < 0.001). None of the procedures tested impeded the detection sensitivity of M. bovis in the presence of competitor organisms Acholeplasma laidlawii, Mycoplasma bovigenitalium and Ureaplasma diversum, confirming M. bovis specificity of the polC target.

Conclusions: Under the experimental conditions applied, this rtPCR test efficiently detected M. bovis in extended bovine semen straw samples from DNA extracted using both semi-automated extraction platforms, irrespective of prior centrifugation of extended semen.

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