A study on contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in goats at an export oriented abattoir, Debrezeit, Ethiopia.
300 goat serum samples from an export-oriented abattoir were tested for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia antibodies by the complement fixation test. The disease prevalence was 31% with no significant differences (P > 0.05) between the regions "Borena", "Bale", "Afar" and "Jinka" or the age of the goats (P > 0.05). Gross pathology and histopathology of the lung primary lesions were indicative of pleuropneumonia caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae.
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Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 3110, Mekelle, Ethiopia. lise_2007@fastermail.com
Yigezu
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Asfaw
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D000003:Abattoirs; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D005002:Ethiopia; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D045623:Mycoplasma capricolum / Q000276:immunology*; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial