Table 1.
Summary of post mortem records of cattle after experimental infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides
| Animal No. |
Lung side affected |
Pulmonary marmorization |
Pulmonary red hepatization |
Pulmonary gray hepatization |
Pulmonary necrosis |
Pulmonary sequestra (size in mm) |
Pulmonary pseudomembrane |
Pulmonary fibrinous adhesion |
Pleural fluid (liters) |
Resolution of lesions |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD91 † | Left | +++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | |||||
| BD93 | Left | Multifocal | 10 | ++ | |||||||
| BD94 | Left | Multifocal | 20 | ++ | Renal infarcts | ||||||
| BD96 | Left | + | ++ | ||||||||
| BD98 † | Left | + | + | Multifocal | 2-20 | ++ | |||||
| BD99 | Left | ++ | 40 | ++ | |||||||
| BD100 | Left | Multifocal | 40 | +++ | |||||||
| BD101 | Left | ++ | ++ | ++ | |||||||
| BD118 † | Left | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | 3 | Pericarditis | ||
| BD119 | Left | + | 10-60 | ++ | |||||||
| BD92 | Left | Multifocal | ++ | ||||||||
| BD95 | Left & right | +++ | +++ | ||||||||
| BD97 † | Right | +++ | +++ | + | +++ | +++ | 7 | Lung engorgement, many renal infarcts |
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| BD102 | No lesions | ||||||||||
| BD105 | Left | Multifocal | 20-40 | ++ | |||||||
| BD106 | Left | + | |||||||||
| BD107 | Left | +++ | Multifocal | 20 | + | ++ | Renal infarcts | ||||
| BD111 | Left | ++ | 30-60 | ++ | ++ | ||||||
| BD115 | Left | ++ | 30 | ++ | |||||||
| BD116 | Left | Multifocal | ++ | Renal infarcts |
†-euthanized before 28 dpi, Animals displayed in bold have been depleted.