Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, or IBK, is a veterinary infection of cattle caused by direct contact or by the common fly serving as a vector for Moraxella bovis. IBK is similar to human pink eye and causes severe infection of the conjuctivia, edema, corneal opacity and ulceration. M. bovis uses several different serotyped fimbriae as virulence factors, consequently pharmaceutical companies have exlpoited this to create vaccines. Infections can be treated with topical antibiotics.


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