Pulmonary Mycoplasma bovis infection in necropsied cattle due to bad-sequel of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) in Sohag Governorate, South Egypt by Ahmed M.A. ZAITOUN in Journal of Clinical Case Reports MedicaI Images and Health Sciences
Pulmonary Mycoplasma bovis infection in necropsied cattle due to bad-sequel of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) in Sohag Governorate, South Egypt by Ahmed M.A. ZAITOUN in Journal of Clinical Case Reports MedicaI Images and Health Sciences SUMMARY During the period of investigation (Oct. 2015 to Sept. 2022), a total number of 50 cattle in different areas of Sohag Governorate, South Egypt, were necropsied due to the bad-sequel of BRD. They were unvaccinated against respiratory infection and did not respond to the therapeutic trails by fieldveterinarians. Their lungs grossly described and culturally examined for the presence of Mycoplasma infection. Grossly, the affected lungs showed multiple areas of pulmonary sequestration in 41/50 (82.00%) of the tested cases with remarkable thickening and fibrosis of the interlobular septa. Caseonecrotic bronchopneumonia with bronchiectasis and the small airways filled by yellowish caseated purulent exudate was discerned. All culturally e...