| contagious caprine pleuropneumonia: the first isolation and molecular characterization of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in the kingdom of saudi arabia. | classical contagious caprine pleuropneumonia is one of the most fatal contagious disease of goats listed by world organization for animal health that leads to major economic losses. it is caused by infection with mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae. in order to isolate the causative agents of ccpp for the first time in the kingdom of saudi arabia, fifteen flocks from eastern region (al ahsa, dammam and hafr albaten) and ten flocks from riyadh and al-kharj regions were selected for t ... | 2017 | 28111131 |