Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia: Challenges and Prospects Regarding Diagnosis and Control Strategies in Africa.

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an infectious and contagious respiratory disease of cattle, caused by subsp. (). In this review, basic epidemiological features of CBPP, complicated by existing different strains of with similar biochemical characteristics, with preference to Sub-Saharan Africa are discussed.