- Pathogen:
- Pasteurella multocida
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Grow best on media supplemented with blood and serum. Colonies are round, greyish, non-hemolytic with a subtle characteristic odor.
- Pathogen Information:
- Gram-negative rods or coccobacilli.
- Epidemiology:
- Infections are endogenous. Commensals on the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. Isolates are grouped into five serogroups.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis (shipping fever), Mastitis, Pneumonia, Atrophic rhinitis, Fowl cholera, Snuffles, Septicemia.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.