Tag: goat pnemonia

Mycoplasmas are slow-growing micro-organisms, members of the mollicute family. They lack the normal rigid peptidoglycan cell wall of bacteria, which allows them to invade all the tissues and organs of the body, including the brain, causing complex symptoms. There are hundreds of different mycoplasma subtypes and strains. Mycoplasmas are known to cause serious and often fatal illness in goats. These are …