Moraxella bovis detection test kit by using qPCR. Moraxella bovis is implicated in the infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, an eye disease of cattle, also colloquially known as pinkeye or New Forest eye. M. bovis invades the lacrimal and tarsal glands of the eye, causing keratitis, opacity, uveitis, aqueous flare, and corneal ulcers. Transmission is through direct contact with mucous membranes and their secretions or indirect contact where flies act as a mechanical vector.