Pasteurellaceae Flashcards
What bacteria are in the Pasteurellaceae family?
Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Hammophilus, HIstophilus
Describe Pastuerellaceae family
gram -
oxygen -
nutritional -
gram - negative
oxygen - facultative anaerobes
nutritional - fastidious
what type of tests would you need to order for suspected bacteria of Pasteurellaceae family - aerobic, anaerobic, both?
only aerobic because facultative anaerobes
Define pasteurellosis
infection with disease caused by Pasteurella bacteria
what are the major pathogens of Pasteurellosis?
Pasteurella multocida
Buiberstenia trehalosi
Mannheimia haemollyticum
Where are Pasteurellaceae found?
oral and respiratory tracts - mucous membranes
opportunistic bacteria
Define endogenous infection
already present in body but previously asymptomatic
carrier state
Define exogenous infection
infection from non-commensal enter a host
originate outside organism
What is the portal of entry for Pasteurellosis?
respiratory tract
subq infections - animal bites
Are infections by Pasteurella and Mannheimia endogenous or exogenous?
both
Which Pasteurellosis infections are zoonotic?
Pasteurella multocida
what disease does Pasteurella multocida cause in ruminants, swine, and lab animals
pneumonia - severe fibrinous broncho- and pleuropneumonia
What species can Pasteurella multocida affect?
many species
what disease does Pasteurella multocida cause in chicken, turkey
fowl cholera - contagious
what disease does Pasteurella multocida cause in swine
atrophic rhinitis, pneumonia
what disease does Pasteurella multocida cause in dog, cat
cough, lung abscess, fever, shortness of breath, bite wound infections