Abstract
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an endemic disease in Nigeria (Cadmus and Adesokan, 2009; Alawa et al., 2011; Musa et al., 2016; Francis et al., 2018), caused by the small colony variant of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm Sc) mainly affecting cattle (Musa et al., 2016). It is characterized clinically by respiratory distress, and pathologically by fibrinous pneumonia and pleurisy (Swai et al., 2013). Outbreaks of CBPP in Nigeria, especially Abuja, have been underreported despite the huge economic losses incurred by owners of affected cattle (Hajara, M., personal communication, December, 2019), and the disease being among the reportable diseases of cattle as listed by OIE (2020). This clinicopathological report therefore describes a case of recrudescence CBPP in a Friesian bull from a cattle ranch in Giri, Abuja, Nigeria.
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