ABSTRACT
Out outbreak of goat pox occurred among 60 adult and young goats in the Sudan. Among the findings of special interest was the extensive and wide distribution of pox lesions on the bodies of the animals. The severe involvement of the mucous membranes of the muzzle, eyes and nostrils gave rise to acute respiratory distress and systemic reaction. The suppression of secondary bacterial infection with local and systemic terramycin in addition to supportive therapy of affected animals alleviated the condition and none of the animals died. Typical pox lesions were produced experimentally on goats and sheep using infected material from goats. Human infections were not encountered.
Subject(s)
Goats , Poxviridae Infections/veterinary , Animals , Poxviridae Infections/pathology , Skin/pathologyABSTRACT
Sixty-four pneumonic sheep lungs were examined for mycoplasmas. Eleven isolates were recovered and were identified on generally accepted criteria as mycoplasma. Four isolates were lost during storage and the remaining seven were divided on the basis of their colonial appearance and other biological properties into two groups.
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Lung/microbiology , Mycoplasma/isolation & purification , Sheep Diseases/microbiology , Animals , Culture Media , Mycoplasma/growth & development , Mycoplasma/metabolism , Pneumonia/microbiology , Pneumonia/veterinary , Sheep , SudanABSTRACT
Seven mycoplasma isolated from pneumonic sheep lungs were found to belong to two serologically unrelated groups. Isolates in one group reacted strongly with antisera to M arginini in the metabolic inhibition and growth inhibition tests. All isolates except one failed to react with antisera to M mycoides var capri or M mycoides var mycoides. The results of the present work support the previously reported division of the isolates into two groups on the basis of their biological properties.
