- Pathogen:
- Mannheimia haemolytica
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Isolation of the organism from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung tissue. Colonies are hemolytic and odorless. Grows on MacConkey agar.
- Pathogen Information:
- Small, gram-negative rods or coccobacilli.
- Epidemiology:
- Commensals on the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract12 serotypes recognized.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis (shipping fever), Septicemia (sheep under 3 months of age), Pneumonia, Gangrenous mastitis.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.