| demonstration of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae and mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type in outbreaks of caprine pleuropneumonia in eastern tanzania. | an outbreak of caprine pleuropneumonia involving about 1200 goats in the coast and morogoro regions of eastern tanzania is reported. the major clinical findings were severe respiratory distress, fever, mucopurulent nasal discharge and high mortality involving all age groups and both sexes of goats. the morbidity and mortality rates were 45%-90% and 14%-50%, respectively. the principal pathological lesions were confined to the thoracic cavity and comprised hydrothorax and serofibrinous pleuropneu ... | 2000 | 11126580 |