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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), also known as pinkeye, New Forest eye or blight, [1] is a veterinary infection of cattle caused by Moraxella bovis, a Gram-negative, β-haemolytic, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It is spread by direct contact or by flies serving as vectors. It is the most common ocular disease of cattle (mostly
The conjunctivitis of cattle known as pink-eye is caused by Moraxella bovis bacteria transmitted by Musca autumnalis face-flies. [37] The feeding of various Musca species of fly permits the contaminative transmission of nematode worms, for example Parafilaria bovicola, causing a nodular filariasis in cattle.
It is the cause of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, a contagious ocular disease of cattle, [1] [2] referred to colloquially as pinkeye or New Forest eye. [3] M. bovis was first associated with pinkeye in cattle 1915 in Bengal, India [4] The restriction enzyme MboI, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species. [5]
Infestations of cattle with mites of the similar genus Chorioptes, in combination with Sarcoptes mite infestation, has been shown to cause a failure to gain body weight by 15.5 to 37.2 kilograms (34 + 1 ⁄ 8 to 82 lb) over a two-month period compared to cattle without the mites. [29]
Moraxella bovis, the pink eye, a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus bacterium species implicated in infectious keratoconjunctivitis in cattle; Mycobacterium bovis, a slow-growing, aerobic bacterium species causative of tuberculosis in cattle; Mycoplasma bovis, a bacterium associated with bovine respiratory disease
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