A Bacterial Study on Pneumonia in Slaughtered Goats in Al­ ahsa Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Three hundered thirty sex lungs from slaughtered goats in AL-Ahsa slaughter hous were examined macroscopically for presence of pneumonia 155(45.32%) of the examined lungs showed pneumonic lesions. Bacteriological examination of 155 pneumonic lung revealed isolation of many bacterial species . The bacteriological study on pneumonia of respiratory organs from (155) goats had sever respiratory symptoms revealed the isolation of Mycoplasma species which included Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoid