Defining and diagnosing infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

M Kneipp - Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, 2021 - vetfood.theclinics.com
For more than 130 years, there have been reports from around the world of a contagious
disease confined to the eyes of cattle, variously called keratitis contagiosa, infectious …

The evidence base for prevention of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis through vaccination

G Maier, AM O'Connor… - Veterinary Clinics: Food …, 2021 - vetfood.theclinics.com
Although treatment for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) can be effective and
rapidly resolve lesions, prevention of IBK is a major goal for producers and veterinarians …

Descriptive epidemiology of Moraxella bovis, Moraxella bovoculi and Moraxella ovis in beef calves with naturally occurring infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis …

AM O'Connor, HG Shen, C Wang, T Opriessnig - Veterinary microbiology, 2012 - Elsevier
PROBLEM ADDRESSED: Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is an ocular disease
that causes substantial weight loss in beef calves. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study …

A multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection and differentiation of five bovine pinkeye pathogens

W Zheng, E Porter, L Noll, C Stoy, N Lu, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), also known as pinkeye, is one of the most
common eye diseases in cattle. Several pathogens have been associated with IBK cases …

Genotype classification of Moraxella bovis using MALDI-TOF MS profiles

HG Olson, JD Loy, ML Clawson, EL Wynn… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Moraxella bovis (M. bovis) is regarded as a causative agent of infectious bovine
keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), the most common ocular disease of cattle. Recently, whole …

A five year randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and antibody responses to a commercial and autogenous vaccine for the prevention of infectious bovine …

MM Hille, ML Spangler, ML Clawson, KD Heath… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
A randomized control trial was performed over a five-year period to assess the efficacy and
antibody response induced by autogenous and commercial vaccine formulations against …

Whole genome sequencing of Moraxella bovoculi reveals high genetic diversity and evidence for interspecies recombination at multiple loci

AM Dickey, G Schuller, JD Loy, ML Clawson - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Moraxella bovoculi is frequently cultured from the ocular secretions and conjunctiva of cattle
with Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK). Previous work has shown that single …

Microbial community sequencing analysis of the calf eye microbiota and relationship to infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

JN Cullen, A Lithio, AS Seetharam, Y Zheng, G Li… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) is an important production limiting disease in
cattle. Moraxella bovis has historically been considered the primary causal agent; however …

Risk factors associated with pinkeye in Australian cattle

M Kneipp, AC Green, M Govendir, M Laurence… - Preventive Veterinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pinkeye is the most important bovine ocular disease worldwide and a major welfare and
economic concern to the Australian cattle industry. Pinkeye can occur in epidemic …

A 2‐year randomized blinded controlled trial of a conditionally licensed Moraxella bovoculi vaccine to aid in prevention of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in …

A O'Connor, V Cooper, L Censi, E Meyer… - Journal of veterinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) in beef cattle has major welfare and
production implications. Effective vaccination against IBK would also reduce antibiotic use in …