Mycoplasma Diseases of Ruminants: Disease, Diagnosis and Control

 Mycoplasma Diseases in Ruminants

Mycoplasma Diseases of Ruminants: Disease, Diagnosis and Control, edited by Robin Nicholas and Roger Ayling, provides an overview of important mycoplasma infections affecting cattle, sheep, and goats. It explores disease characteristics, diagnostic approaches, and control strategies, highlighting economically significant conditions such as contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, contagious agalactia, and calf pneumonia. This reference supports veterinary professionals and researchers in understanding and managing mycoplasma diseases in livestock.

Key Features:

• Explores major mycoplasma diseases affecting cattle, sheep, and goats
• Explains the biology and characteristics of mycoplasmas
• Covers contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
• Examines contagious agalactia in small ruminants
• Discusses mycoplasma-associated calf pneumonia
• Reviews diagnostic approaches for mycoplasma infections
• Highlights disease control and management strategies
• Addresses the economic impact of livestock mycoplasmosis
• Supports veterinary disease surveillance and prevention
• Useful for veterinarians, researchers, and livestock health professionals