Haemophilus Flashcards
Haemophilus, Histophilus - description
Gram negative coccobacilli, facultative anaerobes - Fastidious -
What make Haemophilus, Hisophilus fastidious?
X factor (porphyrins (heme)) & V factor (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
Haemophilus species
H. paragallinarium (Now Avibacterium) & H. parasuis (Glasser’s Dz in swine)
What causes Septicemic glasser disease in swine?
Haemophilus parasuis!!
When I say Glasser’s, you say
Haemophilus parasuis!!!
Histophilus - in Cattle & sheep
Histophilus somni “H. somni” - Lipooligosaccharides (LOPS)
Haemophilus, Histophilus reservoir
Upper respiratory tract - Lower genital tract
Haemophilus, Histophilus - Control
Must use all in / All out production
Haemophilus, Histophilus - Pathogenesis of systemic disease
Contamination w/stress/injury –> Attachment & escape from immune system - Capsule, LOS, IgBPs –> Thrombosis, necrosis (All have suppurative components: serofibrinous / Fibrinopurulent)
Haemophilus, Histophilus in cattle - causative species
Histophilus somni!
H. somni infection in cattle
Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis - Pneumonia (w/shipping fever complex of pathogens) - Septicemic disease - Abortion
Haemophilus, Histophilus in swine
Haemophilus parasuis!!
Haemophilus parasuis in swine
GLASSER’S DISEASE - Polyserositis!!!! - Pneumonia & septicemia - (Synergistic effect with swine influenza virus & other bacteria like pasteurella, mycplasma) & Septicemic diseases (young stressed weaned pigs)
Haemophilus, Histophilus in Poultry
Infectious Coryza!!!! Avibacterium paragallinarum!!
What is the causative species of infectious Coryza in poultry?
Avibacterium paragallinarum!