| an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in ngamiland district of north-western botswana. | an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp) was detected in botswana in 1995 after more than half a century of freedom from the disease. lung tissues, pleural fluids, nasal swabs and serum samples were examined in laboratories in botswana, south africa and namibia and the findings were confirmed in italy. the disease was confirmed as cbpp from the gross and histopathological changes in the lungs of affected animals and by the culture of the agent of cbpp, mycoplasma mycoides subspeci ... | 1998 | 9699252 |
| comparison between c-elisa and cft in detecting antibodies to mycoplasma mycoides mycoides biotype sc in cattle affected by cbpp in botswana. | contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp), caused by mycoplasma mycoides mycoides biotype small colony (sc) (mmmsc) appears to be making a serious comeback in africa after successful control programs in many parts of the continent during the 1960s and 1970s. botswana, a country that has been free from the disease for more than 50 years, was affected in 1995. an eradication policy was adopted by the government of botswana in which 320,000 cattle in the affected district of ngamiland, northwestern ... | 2000 | 11193648 |