1977
DOI: 10.1128/iai.18.3.806-815.1977
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Epidemic caprine keratoconjunctivitis: recovery of Mycoplasma conjunctivae and its possible role in pathogenesis

Abstract: Clinical, microbiological, serological, histological, and therapeutic aspects of two separate outbreaks of caprine keratoconjunctivitis are described. The disease was characterized by a high rate of contagion, rapid onset, intense lacrimation, conjunctival hyperemnia, and corneal opacity with neovascularization. In addition, many of the animals developed respiratory illness during the second epidemic. The only organism consistently isolated was Mycoplasma conjunctivae. A total of 23 strains were isolated from … Show more

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“…This study describes the successful induction of severe keratoconjunctivitis in goats inoculated with a cloned culture of M. conjunctivae. The course of the experimentally induced disease was similar to the disease observed during two spontaneous outbreaks of caprine keratoconjunctivitis (2). The successful induction of disease has permitted us to meet Koch's postulates and to suggest that M. conjunctivae is one cause of epidemic caprine keratoconjunctivitis.…”
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“…This study describes the successful induction of severe keratoconjunctivitis in goats inoculated with a cloned culture of M. conjunctivae. The course of the experimentally induced disease was similar to the disease observed during two spontaneous outbreaks of caprine keratoconjunctivitis (2). The successful induction of disease has permitted us to meet Koch's postulates and to suggest that M. conjunctivae is one cause of epidemic caprine keratoconjunctivitis.…”
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“…The factors that permit mycoplasmas to colonize tissues for extended periods of time are not well understood. However, persistence may help to explain the occurrence of sporadic endemic disease and also of relapse in some animals, phenomena observed during our study of the disease (2).…”
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confidence: 67%
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“…Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC), commonly known as pink-eye, is a contagious disease of domestic ruminants, localized in the eyes and characterized by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea (JONES, 1976, BAAS et al, 1977, BARBER, 1986. In the European Alps, IKC occurs frequently also in both free-ranging alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%