- Pathogen:
- Pasteurella spp.
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Grow best on media supplemented with blood or serum.
- Pathogen Information:
- Small, gram-negative rods or coccobacilli.
- Epidemiology:
- Commensals of the upper respiratory tract. Pasteurella multocida is the main pathogen of concern in veterinary medicine (grouped into 5 serogroups).
- Associated Syndromes:
- Bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis (shipping fever), Mastitis, Pneumonia, Fowl cholera, Snuffles, Atrophic rhinitis.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.