Epidemic caprine keratoconjunctivitis: recovery of Mycoplasma conjunctivae and its possible role in pathogenesis.
AUTOR(ES)
Baas, E J
RESUMO
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 hyperemia, and corneal opacity with neovascularization. In addition, many of the animals developed respiratory illness during the second epidemic. The only organism consistentlyisolated was Mycoplasma conjunctivae. A total of 23 strains were isolated from 18 inflamed conjunctivae, one normal conjunctiva, and the nasal secretions of four goats with concomitant respiratory illness. The convalescent sera of goats in the first outbreak had neutralizing antibody titers to M. conjunctivae that ranged from 1:32 to 1:256. In the milder second outbreak the antibody titers ranged from 1:4 to 1:32 in animals with only ocular disease and from 1:4 to 1:64 in animals with only respiratory disease. Whereas little change was noted in antibody titers of goats with only localized eye disease, 43% of the goats with respiratory disease showed significant fourfold rises. The histological picture was consistent with acute corneal infection. Animals requiring antibiotic treatment appeared to respond favorably to a combination of oxytetracycline and polymyxin B, but not to penicillin. These findings suggest that M. conjunctivae is one cause of epidemic caprine keratoconjunctivitis.
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