Experimental Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia: A Long Term Study on the Course of Infection and Pathology in a Flock of Goats Infected with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae

Table 1 Goats with signs of M. capripneumoniae infection (n = 17). Data include serology (i-ELISA), immunohistochemistry (IHC) of lungs for M. capripneumoniae, pleuropulmonary lesions at necropsy, time periods of clinical signs, and timepoint of necropsy.

Group	Goat no.	i-ELISA¹	IHC²	Lesions³	Time period of fever⁴	Time period(s) of respiratory signs⁴	Timepoint of necropsy⁴
A	130	-	+	+	-	28	80
A	131	+	-	-	27–30	27–34	75
A	139*	+	-	+	5–6	5–11	82
A	142	-	+	+	16–18	16–79	80
A	145*	-	-	+	-	11	88
A	174	+	-	-	-	2	88
A	188	+	+	+	28–32	28–73	74
B	124	-	-	+	-	-	56
B	127	-	-	+	-	40	63
B	129	-	+	+	-	16–67	70
B	133	-	-	+	15	14–15, 50	70
B	134	-	+	+	-	11–59	81
B	144	-	-	-	13–18	34, 53	63
B	151	+	+	+	-	6–7, 36–39	87
B	160	-	+	+	-	44–74	81
B	172	-	-	+	36–37	6–7, 36–39	87
B	191	+	-	+	21–26	19–56	56

¹Pertinent antibody titre present: +, not present: -. ²Antigen present: +, not present: -.
³Lesions compatible with M. capripneumoniae infection: +, no lesions: -.
⁴Group A: day(s) post inoculation, group B: day(s) post time-point of contact transmission; no symptoms: -.
* Inoculated day 17

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