Colin Mason

SRUC Veterinary Services, St Mary's Industrial Estate, Dumfries, DG1 1DX

Figure 1. Caseonecrotic pneumonia, one of the more classical pathologies associated with Mycoplasma bovis infection.
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Mycoplasma bovis, thoughts on diseases, treatments, control and prevention

Some of the organism's characteristics have a direct effect on antibiotic treatment choices. As the organism has no cell wall B lactam antibiotics are ineffective. The organism does not synthesise...