Publications

multi-locus sequence analysis of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae for the molecular epidemiology of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia.	abstract: mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (mccp) is the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp), a devastating disease of domestic goats. the exact distribution of ccpp is not known but it is present in africa and the middle east and represents a significant threat to many disease-free areas including europe. furthermore, ccpp has been recently identified in tajikistan and china. a typing method with an improved resolution based on multi-locus sequence analysis ...	2011	21756321
contagious caprine pleuropneumonia outbreak in captive wild ungulates at al wabra wildlife preservation, state of qatar.	contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) caused by mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae is a highly contagious and serious respiratory disease of domestic goats, characterized by coughing, severe respiratory distress, and high mortality rates. the lesions at necropsy are mainly a fibrinous pleuropneumonia with increased straw-colored pleural fluid. an outbreak of ccpp in wild goat (capra aegagrus), nubian ibex (capra ibex nubiana), laristan mouflon (ovis orientalis laristanica), and ger ...	2007	17469281