Mycoplasmosis collaborations & consultancy

The Mycoplasma Group has gained expertise in the Mycoplasma species, that are exotic to Britain, by visiting outbreaks of diseases such as contagious agalactia in Italy and the Middle East, CCPP in Turkey and CBPP in Africa. This often leads to excellent collaborations.

Collaboration and commercial work

We also advise and have extensive collaborations both within the EU and also world-wide.

Collaborations range from confirmation of a mycoplasma disease diagnosis to full projects such as CBPP investigations in Namibia. We are currently active in Italy, Turkey and Namibia.

We also perform contract research and testing for international companies which includes vaccine development and in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial trials.

Consultancy and training

The Group provide specialist Mycoplasma consultancy to Defra, national Governments, EU, FAO and OIE. We also give lectures and training on mycoplasmology.

In the past few years students from Greece, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan and Taiwan have gained PhDs and MSc’s while working with the Group. Mycoplasma workshops have been held in the UK and Italy.