1968
DOI: 10.1071/bi9680447
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Cytology of ?Pink-Eye" of Sheep Including A Reference to Trachoma of Man, by Employing Acridine Orange and Iodine Stains, and Isolation of Mycoplasma Agents From Infected Sheep Eyes

Abstract: SummaryNumerous forms of a pleomorphic microorganism were observed associated with the cytoplasm of epithelial cells in conjunctival smears from sheep with pink-eye when stained by the Giemsa method. The microorganism was coccobacillary in shape during the acute stage of infection, and stained purplish blue. Various peripheral forms, and dispersed, crescent-, horseshoe-, and ring-shaped figures were present in post-acute smears; all these pleomorphic forms stained blue. Peripheral forms were filaments, blebs, … Show more

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“…May Grünwald Giemsa-stained conjunctival smears revealed cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies from sheep with keratoconjunctivitis. [33] used acridine orange and iodine stains and isolated mycoplasma from such smears. The proposed cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies were then demonstrated to be extracellular mycoplasma, namely M. conjunctivae [4].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…May Grünwald Giemsa-stained conjunctival smears revealed cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies from sheep with keratoconjunctivitis. [33] used acridine orange and iodine stains and isolated mycoplasma from such smears. The proposed cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies were then demonstrated to be extracellular mycoplasma, namely M. conjunctivae [4].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lymphocytes of goat 513 showed a threefold response for M. conjunctivae before challenge, suggesting a previous experience with the organism, which may have influenced the resulting mild course of the induced infection. DISCUSSION M. conjunctivae has been isolated by a number of investigators from the inflamed eyes of goats, sheep, and chamois with keratoconjunctivitis during epidemics in geographically distant countries (2,4,(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). In 1969, Klingler et al (10) isolated a mycoplasma from the eye of a chamois with keratoconjunctivitis.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It affects both wild and domestic Caprinae but severe signs are more frequent in wildlife [6]. In wild ruminants, the disease has been known for nearly a century and reported to occur in at least seven European countries (Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Slovenia [7], Spain [8], Norway [9]), in North America [10, 11] and in Oceania (New Zealand [12], Australia [13]).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%