Isolation and Identification of Mycoplasma mycoides Subspecies mycoides Small Colony Bovine Biotype in Eastern Ethiopia

An outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) was investigated in the Somali National Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, to isolate and identify the causative Mycoplasma species. Detailed physical clinical examination was performed on over 700 affected animals to select acutely sick animals for autopsy and bacteriological specimen collection. Postmortem examination and sample collection was performed on 7 recently dead animals. The clinical and pathological findings encountered, and the bacteriological as well as the biochemical tests performed, established the outbreak to be CBPP. Regular mass vaccination of susceptible herds is recommended to control the disease.