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MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY 



Habitat : Found in scrapings of cornea 

 or conjunctiva or in discharges from 

 affected eyes. Etiological agent of infec- 

 tious or specific ophthalmia in sheep, 

 cattle and goats. 



2. Colesiota conjunctivae-gallii (Coles) 

 Rake, comb. nov. (Rickettsia conjuncti- 

 vae-galli Coles, Onders. Jour. Vet. Sci. 

 and Indust., I4, 1940, 469.) From con- 

 junctiva and Latin galhis, hen. 



Pleomorphic bodies : Similar to Cole- 

 siota conjunctivae. Stain purplish-red 

 or blue with the Giemsa stain. 



Cultivation : Has never been culti- 

 vated. 



Immunological aspects : Unknown. 



Pathogenicity : Pathogenic for the do- 

 mestic fowl. Causes an acute conjunc- 

 tivitis and keratitis. 



Tissue tropisms: As for Colesiota con- 

 junctivae. 



Source : As for Colesiota conjuiictivae. 



Habitat : The etiological agent of one 

 form of ocular roup in fowls. 



Appendix: The following are similar to 

 or identical with the above: 



Rickettsia conjwictivae-bovis (Coles, 

 South Afr. Vet. Med. Assoc, 7, 1936, 1) 

 cannot be distinguished from Colesiota 

 conjunctivae by any described character- 

 istics. 



Rickettsia lestoquardi Donatien and 

 Gayot. (Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., S5, 1942, 

 325.) Found in benign conjunctivitis 

 in swine similar to that which occurs in 

 ruminants. 



