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A molecular epidemiological investigation of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in goats and captive Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) in Oman.
BMC veterinary research - 25 Apr 2024
Ali Haytham, El-Neweshy Mahmoud, Al Mawly Julanda, Heller Martin, Weber Michael, Schnee Christiane
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is a fatal WOAH-listed, respiratory disease in small ruminants with goats as primary hosts that is caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae (Mccp). Twelve CCPP outbreaks were investigated in 11 goat herds and a herd of captive Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) in four Omani governorates by clinical pathological and molecular analysis to...
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