Ear droop and stertor in dairy calves associated with Mycoplasma bovis

• Published in: Veterinary record Vol. 173; no. 12; pp. 299 - 300
• Main Authors: Strugnell, B. W., Glover, M., Wessels, M., Ayling, R. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 28.09.2013; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Buffalo; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - microbiology; Ear - microbiology; Ear - pathology; Ear diseases; Female; Investigations; Milk; Mycoplasma bovis - isolation & purification; Mycoplasma Infections - complications; Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary; Pharyngeal Diseases - microbiology; Pharyngeal Diseases - veterinary; Pneumonia; Respiratory Sounds - etiology; Respiratory Sounds - veterinary; United Kingdom > UK
• ISSN: 0042-4900; 2042-7670
• DOI: 10.1136/vr.f5813

There is increasing evidence in the literature that M bovis can cause significant pharyngeal pathology and it should be considered when investigating upper respiratory disease in calves, especially dairy calves. 1 Dyer N. Register K. B. Miskimins D. Newell T. ( 2013 ) Necrotic pharyngitis associated with Mycoplasma bovis infections in American bison (Bison bison). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 18, 29-40 4 Maeda T. Shibahara T. Wada Y. Sato K. Imada Y. Ishikawa Y. Kadota K. ( 2003 ) Mycoplasma bovis-associated suppurative otitis media and pneumonia in bull calves. Journal of Comparative Pathology 129, 100-110 5 Maunsell F. Brown M. B. Powe J. Ivey J. Woolard M. Love W. Simecka J. W. ( 2012 ) oral inoculation of young dairy calves with Mycoplasma bovis results in colonisation of tonsils, development of otitis media and local immunity.