The aetiology of a keratoconjunctivitis occurring in goats in the Sudan.
An infectious keratoconjunctivitis occurring in goats in the Sudan is described. Experimental transmission using infective ocular discharges resulted in a conjunctivitis in young kids and a severe keratoconjunctivitis in an adult goat. A pleomorphic organism which resembled Rickettsia spp was found in conjunctival smears from naturally and experimentally infected animals. Neither Mycoplasma nor Chlamydia spp were isolated in microbiological cultures.
D000818:Animals; D006041:Goats; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013397:Sudan