Difference between revisions of "Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum"

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===Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia===
 
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*Identified by growth inhibition disc tests
 
*Identified by growth inhibition disc tests
 
*Inactivated vaccines available
 
*Inactivated vaccines available
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Revision as of 09:48, 2 August 2010



Also known as: M.capricolum
Mycoplasma capricolum
Phylum Firmicutes
Class Mollicutes
Order Mycoplasmatales
Family Mycoplasmataceae
Genus Mycoplasma
Species M.capricolum

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

  • Caused by M. capricolum subsp. capricolum'; occasionally M. mycoides subsp. capri or 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