EXOone Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Description

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiological agent of caseous lymphadenitis, a chronic suppurative necrotizing inflammation of lymph nodes in small ruminants. This worldwide distributed bacteria also causes ulcerative lymphangitis in cattle and abscesses in horses. Once established within the herd, the infection is difficult to eradicate because of its chronic and often sub-clinical nature and its poor response to therapeutics.
The disease causes significant economical losses particularly in the sheep industry due to wasting, poor wool growth, decreased milk production, reproductive disorders, premature culling, carcass condemnation and rarely death.