Isolation, Identification and Antibiogram of Mannheimia hemolytica Associated with Caprine Pneumonia in the Cauvery Delta Region of Tamil Nadu, India

Pneumonia is defined as inflammation of the pulmonary parenchyma and most commonly encountered respiratory problems in small ruminants throughout the world (Ackermann and Brogden, 2000). In goat herds, pneumonia increases production costs associated with expensive treatments which cause economic burden to small and marginal farmers. Though pneumonia is generally fatal in kids, infections and deaths also happen in adult animals. The respiratory infections contribute 5.6 percent of total diseases of small ruminants irrespective of etiology (Hindson and Winter, 2002). Respiratory infections of goats are multifactorial (Lacasta et al., 2008). The bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic and other managemental factors are related with pneumonia in goats. Bacterial agents such as Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, Mycoplasma species, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Arcanobacterium pyogenes and Bordetella parapertussis cause respiratory infections in small ruminants (Brogden et al., 1998; International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 9 (2017) pp. 3118-3122 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com