infectious keratoconjunctivitis (ikc) is a painful, highly contagious ocular disease in sheep and goats. this study was carried out for identification and characterization of causative agent of ocular disease in a sheep flock consisting of 300 ewes in mashhad, iran. several ocular swabs were taken from affected animals. the samples were pooled and processed in a laboratory for isolation of susp...

Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, also known as pinkeye, is an economically important disease in cattle. The objective of this study was to detect QTL associated with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in offspring from a Brahman x Hereford sire. The sire was mated to Hereford, Angus, and F1 cows to produce 288 offspring in 1994 and mated to MARC III ((1/4) Hereford, (1/4) Angus, (1/4...

Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis is a disease that affects many herds in the US, however, the epidemiology of the disease is complicated and control is frustrating for many producers. This article discusses putative causes of IBK and approaches to understanding the causes of success and apparent failure in IBK control programs.

Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a painful, highly contagious ocular disease in sheep and goats. This study was carried out for identification and characterization of causative agent of ocular disease in a sheep flock consisting of 300 ewes in Mashhad, Iran. Several ocular swabs were taken from affected animals. The samples were pooled and processed in a laboratory for isolation of susp...

Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is a multifactorial disease complex caused by opportunistic pathogens, classically those members of the genus Moraxella . However, IBK in some situations associated with other potentially pathogenic agents, which include Mycoplasma bovoculi , bovis Ureaplasma diversum herpesviruses, and Chlamydia sp. Ocular infections that may resemble are also Liste...

Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is one of the most common diseases of cattle and is of major economic importance. If the primary aetiological agent, Moraxella bovis, is successfully eliminated from ocular tissues corneal ulcers heal at a constant rate. If treatment is unsuccessful ulcer reoccurrence may follow initial healing. Appropriate antimicrobial selection requires knowledge ...