Otitis media in preweaned Holstein dairy calves in Michigan due to Mycoplasma bovis

• Published in: Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 250
• Main Authors: Walz, P H, Mullaney, T P, Render, J A, Walker, R D, Mosser, T, Baker, J C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1997
• Subjects: Animals; bovine mastitis; calves; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; dairy cows; Ear, Middle - microbiology; Ear, Middle - pathology; ears; Female; histopathologie; histopathology; histopatologia; infecciones latentes; infection latente; lait; latent infections; leche; lungs; Male; mammite bovine; mastitis bovina; Michigan; milk; Mycoplasma - isolation & purification; mycoplasma bovis; Mycoplasma Infections - microbiology; Mycoplasma Infections - pathology; Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary; oreille; orejas; otite; otitis; Otitis Media - microbiology; Otitis Media - pathology; Otitis Media - veterinary; poumon; pulmones; senos; sintomas; sinus; sinuses; symptome; symptoms; ternero; vacas lecheras; vache laitiere; veau; Michigan

Mycoplasma bovis was isolated from the tympanic bullae of dairy calves with an exudative otitis media. The history, clinical signs, gross and histologic lesions, and bacteriologic findings are described for 5 preweaned Holstein calves with otitis media from a 600-cow dairy in Michigan. Clinical find...