K-P vets claim breakthrough research on goat disease

Veterinary research scholars in Peshawar have made first-ever isolation and molecular characterisation of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp Capripneumoniae (Mccp) that causes severe and usually fatal respiratory disease known as ‘Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia’ (CCPP) in goats.

The study for molecular characterization of CCPP was conducted by scholars, including Faisal Ahmad (College of Veterinary Sciences Department Peshawar University), Hadayatullah Khan, Directorate of Livestock and Dairy Development, Dr Farhan Anwar Khan, Associate Prof College of Veterinary Science Peshawar University, Bryan D Carson (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque USA, Umar Siddique, College of Veterinary Sciences, Ijaz Ahmad, College of Veterinary Science, Muhammad Saeed, Faizur-Rehman and Hanif ur Rehman of College of Veterinary Sciences.

“CCPP causes respiratory complication among goats and is listed by World Organisation of Animal Health as a noticeable animal disease, causing economic losses in terms of high morbidity (80 %) and mortality (60 %) as well,” informs Dr Farhan Anwar, Associate Prof College of Veterinary Sciences Peshawar University. After completion of the study, the research scholars have also discovered vaccine of Mccp and diagnostic kit.