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pleuropneumonia

 [ploor″o-noo-mo´nyah]
1. pneumonia accompanied by pleurisy; called also pneumopleuritis.
2. an infectious disease of cattle, combining pneumonia and pleurisy, due to Mycoplasma mycoides; see also pleuropneumonia-like organisms.
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pleuropneumonia

(plo͝or′ō-no͝o-mōn′yə, -nyo͝o-)
n.
1. Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; pneumonia aggravated by pleurisy.
2. An infectious febrile disease of cattle, caused by a mycoplasma and characterized by inflammation of the pleura and lungs.
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The role of Mycoplasma strain F38 in contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in Kenya.
Jones, "Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia," Technical Series no.
Ultrasonographic findings in cattle with pleuropneumonia. Vet.
capripneumoniae (Mccp), the sole cause of Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) has recently been isolated in goats and confirmed through molecular tools in Pishin district which is adjacent to Afghan border (Awan et al., 2009).
Still the combination of conventional and recently developed molecular methods is recommended for the identification and confirmation of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in field outbreak [117].
AND NICHOLAS, R., 2000.Rapid detection of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia using a Mycoplasma capricolum subsp.
Theil, "Suppurative pleuropneumonia and a pulmonary abscess in a ram: ultrasonographic and radiographic findings," Schweizer Archive fur Tierheilkunde, vol.
Gross pathologic lesions were localized exclusively to the lung, where severe pleuropneumonia with partial hepatization was observed (Figure, panel A).
Em 11,1% dos cavalos, a laminite foi atribuida a endotoxemia (1/9), em 44,4% (4/9) a SME e em 44,4% (4/9) nao foi possivel identificar a causa primaria, ja que nao apresentavam historico de pleuropneumonia, aborto e colica.
capripneumoniae (a causal agent of caprine contagious pleuropneumonia), M.
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