Reproduction of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia reveals the ability of convalescent sera to reduce hydrogen peroxide production in vitro

Table 2 Acute and chronic histopathology lesions observed in lung samples of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae -infected goats

Animal ID	Purulent exudate^a	Coagulative necrosis^a	Fibrinoid degeneration and necrosis of vessels/vasculitis, thrombosis^a	Distended interlobular septae by edema and fibrin^a	Perivascular lymphocytic cuffing^{a, b}	Pulmonary abscess^b	Bronchiolitis obliterans^b	Pleural fibrosis^b	Stage of pneumonia^c
CK042	+	+	+	+	+	−	−	−	A
CM043	+	+	−	−	+	−	+	+	CA
CM048	+	+	−	−	+	+	+	+	CA
CM049	+	+	+	+	+	−	−	−	A
CM124	+	+	+	+	−	−	−	+	CA
CM145	+	+	+	−	+	+	−	+	CA
CM166	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	CA
CM180	+	+	+	+	+	−	−	+	CA
CM186	+	+	+	+	+	−	−	+	CA
CM189	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+	CA

Mock-infected animals are not displayed, since they did not show any lesions.
^aHistopathological criteria for acute stage of pneumonia.
^bHistopathological criteria for chronic stage of pneumonia.
^cStages according to time of inflammation and adjacent reaction and regeneration mechanisms: A: acute, CA: chronic-active.

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