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A mycoplasma from acute contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Kenya

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A mycoplasma was isolated from acute caprine pleuropneumonia in Kenya. The organism could be differentiated serologically from the known strains of mycoplasma with which it was compared. When the organism was inoculated into goats it caused pleuropneumonia which was readily contagious, and from which the organism could be reisolated.

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Un mycoplasme a été isolé d'un cas de pleuropneumonie aiguë de la chèvre au Kenya. Ce germe a pu être différencié sérologiquement des souches connues auxquelles il a été comparé. Lorsqu'il est inoculé à des chèvres saines, il provoque une pleuropneumonie réellement contagieuse et est réisolé à partir des lésions.

Resumen

Se aisló un micoplasma de casos agudos de pleuroneumonia caprina en Kenia. Los organismos se diferenciaron serologicamente de otras cepas conocidas de micoplasma con las cuales se compararon. Cuando los organismos se inocularon en cabras, la enfermedad se reprodujo y el organismo causal pudo aislarse nuevamente de los casos clínicos.

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  1. Veterinary Research Laboratories, Kabete, Kenya

    K. J. MacOwan & Jean E. Minette

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MacOwan, K.J., Minette, J.E. A mycoplasma from acute contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Kenya. Trop Anim Health Prod 8, 91–95 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02383376

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