OVINE INFECTIOUS KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS CAUSED BY MYCOPLASMA-AGALACTIAE

In a herd of 200 Spanish sheep, 20% of the animals developed unilatera l or bilateral keratoconjunctivitis, affecting young and adult animals . M. agalactiae was isolated from the conjunctival sac of 20 adult she ep and three lambs, After a topical and parenteral treatment using tet racycline and tylosine, all animals gradually recovered, One sheep was sacrificed to carry out a pathological study of the cornea, where myc oplasma were seen ultrastructurally. After 3 months of clinical presen tation, M. agalactiae was again isolated from healthy sheep confirming the persistence of this microorganism.