Chlamydia pecorum Infection Associated with Ocular Disease in Goats in Alabama, USA
Jenna Workman Stockler, Thomas Passler, Anna-Catherine Bowden, Subarna Barua, Kelly Chenoweth, Chengming Wang, David Rodríguez-Lázaro · 2025
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Jenna Workman Stockler and co-authors report eye disease in goats in Alabama caused by a chlamydia species, in work published in 2025. A herd of about three hundred meat goats had eye, lung, and breeding problems over two years. Five young females with eye lesions were tested in depth.
Standard cultures pointed to another germ, but stains and gene tests found high loads of the chlamydia species in the eyes. A long course of antibiotic by mouth and in the eye cleared the infection over five weeks. The authors say this is the first such report in goats in the United States. Gene tests matter here, because this germ hides inside cells and is missed by culture.
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| CREATOR | Jenna Workman Stockler, Thomas Passler, Anna-Catherine Bowden, Subarna Barua, Kelly Chenoweth, Chengming Wang, David Rodríguez-Lázaro |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |