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| Also known as:
| ''M.capricolum''
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{{Taxobox
|name = ''Mycoplasma capricolum''
|phylum = Firmicutes
|class = Mollicutes
|order = Mycoplasmatales
|family = Mycoplasmataceae
|genus = Mycoplasma
|species = ''M.capricolum''
|subspecies = ''capricolum''
}}
===Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia===

*Caused by ''M. capricolum'' subsp. ''capricolum'; occasionally ''M. mycoides'' subsp. ''capri'' or [[Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides|''M. mycoides'' subsp. ''mycoides'']]
*Occurs in Africa and Turkey
*Pneumonia, fibrinous pleurisy, pleural exudate, consolidated and emphysematous lungs
*Aerosol transmission; highly contagious
*Identified by growth inhibition disc tests
*Inactivated vaccines available

[[Category:Mycoplasmas]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_AimeeHicks]]