Abstract
BITSCH, V., N. F. FRIIS and H. V. KROGH: A microbiological study of pneumonic calf lungs. Acta vet. scand. 1976, 17, 32–42.–Fifty pneumonic calf lungs were subjected to microbiologic screening with regard to bacteria, mycoplasmas, and viruses.
Of bacteria the species most commonly found were Pasteurella multocida (eight lungs), Pasteurella hemolytica (eight lungs), and Corynebacterium pyogenes (13 lungs). Of special interest was the demonstration of Neisseria spp. in five lungs. Mycoplasma dispar was found in 31 lungs, Mycoplasma bovirhinis in 16 lungs, and Urea-plasma in 26 lungs. Cytopathogenic agents were demonstrated in 14 lungs. Four isolates were found to be bovine respiratory syncytial virus, three were bovine viral diarrhea virus, and two were bovine parainfluenza 3 virus. The remaining five cytopathogenic agents were not identified.
Keywords: calf pneumonia, bovine respiratory bacteria, bovine respiratory mycoplasmas, bovine respiratory viruses
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