RT Journal T1 CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (CC PP) I N SMALL RUMINANTS A1 U. Sadique A1 Z. I. Chaudhry A1 M. Younus A1 A. A. Anjum A1 M. Idrees M. S. Qureshi A1 A. Sajid A1 Z. U. Hassan A1 M. Mushtaq A1 S. M. Subtain JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 22 IS 2 SP 45 OP 50 YR 2012 FD 2012/04/01 DO DOI NA AB

This study was conducted to determine clinico-pathological manifestation of contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in field outbreak in Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. A total of 120 samples were collected from goats exhibiting clinical signs of pneumonia suspected for CCPP during disease out break in field in different regions [northern (NR), central (CR) and southern(SR)] of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. All physical and clinical parameters of animals were examined and detail observations were documented. The predominant clinical findings include pyrexia (NR 80%, CN 83%, SR 69%), cough (NR 78%, CN 70%, SR 72%), excessive lacremation (NR 70%, CN 72%, SR 69%), nasal discharges catarrhal initially turned into mucopurulent in the advance stage, unilateral and bilateral conjunctivitis with corneal opacity, dysponia, abduction of the elbow and diarrhea. The majority (83 %) of animals presented pathological lesions in the form of consolidation (NR 83%, CN 87%, and SR 79%) and marbled appearance of lungs with fibrinopurulent membrane on pleural surface. Straw colored pleural fluid was present in pleural cavity with pleural adhesion (NR 39%, CN 43%, SR 51%), hydro pericardial fluid in pericardial sac, necrotic foci on surface of the liver and pus in the pelvis of kidneys. Microscopic lesions characteristic of CCPP i.e., pulmonary emphysema, atelactasis and thickening of interlobular septa were found in almost all cases. Widespread lesions in different organs of the infected animals and the septicemic nature of the disease suggest Mycoplasma mycoides Capri (Mmc) is the causative agent of CCPP

K1 Contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia, Mycoplasma mycoides Capri, clinico-pathological PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2012-JAPS-2009