Pasteurella & Mannheimia Flashcards
- What disease do you suspect?
* A. Fowl Coryza
* B. Turkey Coryza
* C. Fowl Cholera
* D. Pneumonia
* E. I don’t have a clue
C.
- What is the most likely agent causing this infection?
- A. Bordetella bronchiseptica
- B. Pasteurella multocida
- C. Haemophilus influenzae
- D. Francisella tularensis
- E. I don’t have a clue
B
Name the distinguishing characteristics of Mannheimia (formerly known as Pasteurella).
* Gram-________ ______
* Stain bipolar with _____ or ______ stain
* Most ferment sugars ______ gas; TSI turns ______
* All species of Pasteurella colonize what parts of the body?
negative, coccobacilli, Wright, Giemsa, without, orange
The respiratory tract, except P.
aerogenes, which colonizes GI tract
Edges of the rod are lighter than the center.
Pasteurella multocida
* Prefers _____ for initial isolation, does NOT grow on _______ agar, is indole ___, has ____ odor
* Colony types may be _____, ____, or ____: only ____ and ____ types are encapsulated and virulent
* Not as host-specific as ______; infections can occur in many animals and humans
blood, MacConkey, +, mousy, mucoid, smooth , rough, mucoid, smooth, Haemophilus
the more mucoid, the more virulent.
Pasteurella multocida
P. multocida causes what disease in poultry?
Fowl cholera
P. multocida causes what disease in cattle & sheep?
Cattle and sheep: hemorrhagic septicemia
pneumonia (BRD), mastitis
P. multocida causes what disease in swine?
Swine: atrophic rhinitis, pneumonia
P. multocida causes what disease in rabbits?
Rabbits: snuffles, pneumonia, septicemia
P. multocida causes what disease in cats and dogs?
Cats & dogs: local infections, bite wounds, respiratory infection
P. multocida causes what disease in humans?
Humans: bite wounds, systemic infections
P. multocida - zoonotic pathogen?
P. multocida
P. multocida is primarily carried in the _____ cavity and _______ tract. Transmission occurs via _______, ______ inoculation
(e.g.?), ______, _____ (fowl cholera)
or is _____.
Don’t live in the ______ for very long transiently.
oral, respiratory, contact, direct, bite, scratches, aerosol, water, endogenous, environment
P. multocida pathogenesis:
Most infections occur following?
Apart of the normal flora of upper respiratory tract of many mammals
*Usually present as a pathogen in birds, but
birds that recover can spread the agent. NOT
normally part of the normal flora of birds.
*most infections occur following stress: e.g.
shipping, viral infection, etc.
- Fowl Cholera is a disease that effects which species?
- Fowl Cholera is caused by what serotypes?
- What is not produced by A serotypes?
- List the clinical signs of Fowl Cholera.
- What does Fowl Cholera result in?
- chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese
- Caused by types A1, A3, A4 (A types contain hyaluronic acid - which is a normal part of host tissues of birds and mammals; host does not form immune response to it, so this is why it is a good way for pathogen to hide in a HA capsule - capsule)
- Exotoxins are not produced by A serotypes
- Clinical signs: overwhelming bacteremia/ septicemia, depression, inappetence, diarrhea
- Chronic infection of air sacs and mucous
membranes
P. multocida bacteria are likely to be in a _______ in chronic infections.
biofilm
P. multocida is a ____ pathogen, not an _____ pathogen, in birds.
frank, opportunistic
Fowl Cholera
* Swollen wattles
* Depressed
* Cellulitis
* Localized and chronic
form
- Purulent material in
swollen wattle - Lesions like this often
contain bacteria in a
biofilm
Blood-stained mucus in
mouth of septicemic
turkey
- Peritonitis in adult
layers in septicemic
form of infection
- Purulent
pleuropneumonia in
10-week old turkey - Pulmonary edema may
be more common in
other fowl
- Cross-section from
previous lung showing
consolidated areas of
pneumonia
- Histopath section
showing acutely
inflamed, necrotic
parabronchus in lung of
12-week old turkey - Fibrinopurulent
exudate is present in
airway
- Masses of Pasteurella
in lung of turkey that
died of dual infection of
P. multocida and
Newcastle disease
- Inflammation of air
spaces within spongy
bone of the skull - Arrow points to
purulent exudate - Grossly this would
present as swollen
head syndrome
Purulent synovitis of a
hock joint from an adult
* Lameness would be
predominant clinical sign
What can be seen in the image below?
Hemorrhagic Septicemia
* Exotic disease of cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats
* Predominately in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia (B2) and
Africa (E2) [select agents]
* Clinical signs: blood in cavities, enteritis, edema, septicemia,
pneumonia due to ***exotoxins
PEECS
- Shipping fever is caused by what disease complex? Specifically what strains?
- What species can contract shipping fever?
- Shipping fever occurs secondary to?
often mixed with other pathogens - List the clinical signs of shipping fever.
- Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex; Predominately caused by type A strains
- Occurs in cattle, goats, and sheep
- Secondary to stress or viral or mycoplasma infection.
- Clinical signs: cough, fever, nasal discharge,
bronchopneumonia
Shipping fever
List the other agents of shipping fever
(Think of BRD as a polymicrobial disease)
* Bovine herpes virus 1
* Bovine virus diarrhea
* Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
* Parainfluenza-3 et al.
* Mannheimia haemolytica
* Histophilus somni
* Mycoplasma bovis