title: Comparison of caprine mycoplasmosis caused by Mycoplasma capricolum, Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, and Mycoplasma putrefaciens.
abstract: We reviewed the disease process in goats caused by Mycoplasma capricolum, M. mycoides subsp. mycoides, and M. putrefaciens and compared mycoplasma-infected goats (particularly young kids) for microanatomic changes. M. capricolum and M. mycoides subsp. mycoides cause a nearly identical disease: septicemia leading to pyrexia, high morbidity and mortality, interstitial pneumonia, arthritis (including polyarthritis), and mastitis. Until recently, M. putrefaciens was known only as a cause of mastitis. However, a new isolate of M. putrefaciens may be transiently septicemic, as evidenced by polyarthritis with isolations from joints, lung, brain, kidney, pleural fluid, uterus, and urine.
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis 95616.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: DaMassa
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Holmberg
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006041:Goats / Q000382:microbiology; D008413:Mastitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity