An yi amfani da kwayoyin cuta na Mycoplasma mycoides, kuma alamun cututtukan sune ciwon huhu da kumburi na kyallen huhu. Lokacin da ake ciki shine 20 zuwa 123 days. An yadu sosai a Amurka a 1879, yana shafar garken dabbobi daga jihohi da dama. Cutar ta kasance mai tsanani cewa ya haifar da haramtacciyar cinikayya ta gwamnatin Birtaniya, ta hana fitar da shanu na Amurka zuwa Birtaniya da Kanada. Wannan ya sa Amurka ta kafa Ofishin Masana'antu na dabbobi, wanda aka kafa a 1884 don kawar da cutar, wanda ya yi nasara a 1892.Louis Willems, likitan Belgium, ya fara aikin farko a cikin shekarun 1850 a kan dabbobi da ke fama da cutar. Kwayoyin cuta suna da yawa a Afirka, Gabas ta Tsakiya, da Kudancin Turai, da sassan Asiya.
20 zuwa 123 days