ABSTRACT
This report is the first description of an outbreak contagious keratoconjunctivitis in caprines caused by Mycoplasma conjunctivae. The outbreak affected adult animals treated in the Clínica de Bovinos - Centro de Pesquisa e Diagnóstico e Enfermidades de Ruminantes - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia - Universidade de São Paulo. Affected animals presented corneal opacity as the main clinical manifestation, with reddish ring in its periphery (ciliar injection), hyperemia of ocular conjunctivae, sero-mucous ocular secretion with hair agglutination in the periocular region, and blefarospasm.
KEY WORDS:
contagious keratoconjunctivitis; goats; Mycoplasma conjunctivae.