Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as a cause of ocular disease in goats

YERSINIOSIS is a significant cause of disease in goats, causing enterocolitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, septicaemia, placentitis/abortion and mastitis. It is also a zoonotic infection. In 1983 in New Zealand, McSporran reported ulcerative conjunctivitis with swelling of the ipsilateral parotid