Sa. Hasso et al., CONTAGIOUS AGALACTIA IN GOATS - ITS SEVERITY AS RELATED TO THE ROUTE OF INFECTION AND PREGNANCY, Small ruminant research, 10(3), 1993, pp. 263-275
Contagious agalactia was produced experimentally in four groups of goa
ts (each containing seven goats) using a local isolate of Mycoplasma a
galactiae, employing four different routes of inoculation (intravenous
, intramammary, subcutaneous and oral) each. Major clinical signs thro
ughout the experiment were mastitis, arthritis, and conjunctivitis. Cl
inical signs were most obvious in the subcutaneously inoculated group
which also yielded the highest number of M. agalactiae recoveries befo
re and after sacrifice, followed by the intramammary, intravenous and
lastly the orally inoculated group. Pregnant animals were affected mor
e severely than non-pregnant animals.