Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a disease that causes high morbidity and mortality losses to cattle. The financial implications of these losses are of great significance to cattle owners. Control of CBPP is therefore important as a way to salvage the losses and increase the incomes of cattle owners. This study estimated the economic cost of CBPP and the benefits of its control in tw...

Placement of indwelling chest tubes in horses with pleuropneumonia is an easy and safe procedure to facilitate continuous drainage of pleural fluid. Pleural lavage via indwelling chest tubes is an effective procedure to promote drainage of thick exudate, bacteria, and necrotic material from the pleural cavity. Authors’ address: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterin...

I This investigation was supported in part by research grants (E-2764 and E-2765) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service. 2 Special Research Fellow, U. S. Public Health Service. with differential staining would aid in their identification. There are two basic methods currently being used for the preparaticn of PPLO colonies for microscopic st...

A serological test involves detection of specific changes, induced by a pathogen, in the properties or actions of serum of an infected host. The test may detect the presence in serum of either antibodies to the pathogen (produced by the host) or antigens (i.e. the infecting agent itself and/or its components). The many serological tests which have been developed for the diagnosis of contagious ...

Seventeen monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against Mycoplasma mycoides ssp. mycoides small colony type (Mmm SC), the causative agent of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), were partially characterised. Six MAbs recognising a main protein of 70 kDa and showing reciprocal competition were found to be specific for Mmm SC, while the other MAbs showed different patterns of reactivity with M...