“…1,2,7,8,23,25,28 Many strains of M. bovis are resistant to the antibiotics that are commonly used in feedlots, consistent with observations that natural disease often persists despite antibiotic therapy. 4,31,33 Mycoplasma bovis has the ability to undergo antigenic variation by phenotypic alteration of the immunodominant surface lipoproteins 5,15,26 and modulates the host immune response. 11,35,37,38 In addition, M. bovis can adhere to, invade, and survive in epithelial and inflammatory cells.…”