i n a survey of pneumonia due to mycoplasma 282 out of 12168 ovine and caprine lung condemnation were collected (2.32%). mycoplasma spp. has been isolated from pneumonic cases in 4 sheep and 2 goats. pcr studies were confirmed the genus of mycoplasma although attempting for identification of strains m. mycoides, m. capricolum/caprine pleuropneumonia and m. arginin were in failure. the lesions i...

Case i.?Aged 3 years. Was admitted suffering from lobar pneumonia, during which cerebral symptoms developed. At the necropsy there was well-marked croupous pneumonia and pleurisy, together with suppurative infiltration of the lateral ventricles of the brain, without general meningitis. Friedlander's pneumo-bacillus was isolated from the lung and from the pus on the ependyma. Case 2.?Aged 21 yea...