A caprine pneumonia outbreak associated with caprine herpesvirus andPasteurella haemolyticarespiratory infections

Abstract

In a field disease outbreak, 60 female goats died over a 2-3 week period. Necropsies of seven of these does revealed that six had an acute exudative necrotising broncho-pneumonia, and moderate to high numbers of Pasteurella haemolytica were isolated from their lungs. Caprine herpesvirus, identified as Bovid herpesvirus type 6, was isolated from the lungs of two of these does, including one with pneumonia, and from nasal swabs of in-contact goats. Clinical disease was only observed in does, and deaths began 3 weeks after the introduction of a mob of goat hoggets from another farm.

Epidemiological Observations on Infectious Pathology of Goats in the Northeast Area of Romania

“…Pasteurella outbreaks are associated with morbidity rates of up to 50% of the flock or herd, but mortality rates typically are low (Plummer et al, 2012). Pasteurella infections frequently are secondary infections that follow an initial infection with one of several different viral or bacterial agents such as parainfluenza type 3, adenovirus type 6, respiratory syncytial virus, caprin herpesvirus 1, Bordetella parapertussis and Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (Brogden Kim A. et al, 1998;Buddle B.M. et al, 1990).…”

Etiological and Molecular Biological Investigation of Caprine Herpesvirus 1 Isolated in Bulgaria

“…Glycoproteins with mo lec u lar weight 74 and 91kD are re spon si ble for cross neu tral iza tion be tween bovine and caprine herpesvirus. De spite the dif fer ences in mo lec u lar weight it was de -ter mined by PAGE that the polypeptides of goat and bo vine herpesviruses have sim i lar mo bil ity (2).…”