Die kontagiöse bovine Pleuropneumonie ist eine schwere, hochansteckende Atemwegserkrankung des Rindes, verursacht durch Mycoplasma mycoides. Sie führt zu Lungenentzündung und Entzündung des Brustfells mit hoher Sterblichkeit bei Ausbrüchen. Sie ist eine bedeutende, bei der WOAH meldepflichtige Krankheit und in Teilen Afrikas eine ernsthafte Einschränkung der Rinderproduktion.
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a serious, contagious mycoplasmal lung disease of cattle and a priority disease for control and eradication in endemic regions.
Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, spread by respiratory droplets through close contact; carrier animals can maintain infection in a herd.
Fever, dullness, loss of appetite, coughing, painful and labored breathing with a grunt, and a reluctance to move. Chronic survivors may carry walled-off lung lesions (sequestra); calves can develop joint swelling.
Clinical and herd history, serology, PCR or culture, and characteristic marbled lung lesions with pleural fluid at necropsy.
Antibiotic treatment is controversial as it may create carriers; in many programs affected herds are managed by control measures rather than treatment.
Vaccination in endemic areas, movement controls, surveillance, quarantine, and stamping-out in newly infected zones.
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