Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis and lymphofollicular hyperplasia of the third eyelid in heifers.
On a dairy cattle farm, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis was diagnosed in 29 (24%) calves and heifers aged from 2 weeks to 1 year old. The highest infection rate (18%) occurred in animals aged 3-6 months. The bacteriological examination of swabs from the affected animals yielded several species of bacteria: Moraxella bovis, Neisseria ovis, N. cuniculi, plasma coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., alpha-haemolytic Streptococcus spp., Arcanobacterium pyogenes and Escherichia coli. Moraxella bovis and N. ovis were the most common isolates. Hyperplasia of the lymphatic tissue of the third eyelid in the form of nodules 7-8 mm in diameter was diagnosed in two heifers aged 8 and 10 months.
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Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007639:Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016955:Moraxella bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009541:Nictitating Membrane / Q000473:pathology*