Mycoplasma agalactiae (Ma) is considered the classical agent of contagious agalactia (CA) and is one of the principal mycoplasmoses of small ruminants and has also been reported in ibex (González-Candela et al., 2006; Tardy et al., 2012). The disease in which one of the symptoms is agalactia is a complex syndrome mainly of mastitis, arthritis and keratoconjunctivitis. M. agalactiae occurs in every continent and is the major cause of CA in Mediterranean Europe, but several other mycoplasmas, M. mycoides subsp. capri,M. capricolum subsp. capricolum (Mcca), and sometimes M. putrefaciens (Mput), may also produce a similar syndrome and may be the predominating cause in other geographical locations.

The Kernel Mycoplasma agalactiae Antibody Test kit is an immunoenzymatic test for specific detection of anti-Mycoplasma agalactiaeantibodies in  ovine and caprine serum.