Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Synopsis
Mycoplasma bovis Infections in Free-Ranging Pronghorn, Wyoming, USA
Table 1
Summary of pronghorn cases associated with pneumonia outbreak, Wyoming, USA, 2019*
Case no. | Age category and sex | Sample type | Histopathologic results | Mycoplasma bovis IHC result | M. bovis PCR test result | Aerobic culture | M. bovis culture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Adult male |
Lung, kidney, liver, spleen, bone marrow |
Exudative pneumonia |
Detected |
Detected |
Trueperella pyogenes |
Positive |
2 |
Adult female |
Lung |
Pleuropneumonia with caseous abscesses |
Detected |
Detected |
No growth |
Positive |
3 |
Adult female |
Whole carcass |
Bronchointerstitial pneumonia, fibrinonecrotic and suppurative with fibrinous pleuritis |
Detected |
Detected |
Mixed bacteria |
Positive |
4 |
Adult female |
Lung, kidney, liver, spleen |
Pleuropneumonia with caseonecrotic abscesses |
Detected |
Detected |
Mixed bacteria |
Positive |
9 |
Yearling male |
Whole carcass |
Bronchointerstitial pneumonia, fibriononecrotic and suppurative with fibrinous pleuritis, caseonecrotic abscesses, lymphocytic cuffing |
Detected |
Detected |
Mannheimia spp.,
Histophilus spp. |
Positive |
5 |
Adult female |
Lung |
NE |
NA |
Detected |
NA |
Positive |
6 |
Adult female |
Lung, kidney, liver, spleen |
NE |
NA |
Detected |
NA |
Positive |
7 |
Adult female |
Lung |
NE |
NA |
Detected |
NA |
Positive |
8 | Adult female | Lung | NE | NA | Detected | NA | Positive |
*IHC, immunohistochemical; NA, not applicable; NE, not examined.