Contents : Part I: Methods Chapter 1. Isolation and growth of mycoplasmas from ruminants Chapter 2. Detection and differentiation of Mycoplasma species using PCR/Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Chapter 3. Detection of Mycoplasma species using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Chapter 4. Molecular typing of Mycoplasma species Chapter 5. Antigenic analysis of mycoplasmas Chapter 6. Antimicrobial sensitivity testing Part II: Diseases Chapter 7. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Chapter 8. Contagious agalactia Chapter 9. Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Chapter 10. Bovine respiratory disease Chapter 11. Respiratory diseases in small ruminants Chapter 12. Eye infections of ruminants Chapter 13. Reproductive diseases of cattle Chapter 14. New, emerging and unculturable mycoplasmas of ruminants