- Pathogen:
- Bibersteinia trehalosi
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Grows on MacConkey agar. Colonies are hemolytic and odorless. Bipolar staining is prominent in smears from infected tissues stained by the Giemsa method.
- Pathogen Information:
- Small gram-negative rods or coccobacilli.
- Epidemiology:
- Found in the tonsillar tissues of carrier sheep.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Septicemia in young sheep (5-12 months of age).
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.