Pasteurellaceae practical Flashcards
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PASTEURELLACEAE: General
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1. Habitat: • mucous membranes (respiratory way, genitals, alimentary tract) 2. Morphology: • 0.5-2 µm coccoid rods 3. Staining: • Gram-negative • bipolar staining 4. Culture: • fastidious (yeast extract, blood, pH-susceptibility) • aerobic – facultative anaerobic 5. Biochemistry: • catalase +, • oxidase +, • fermentative • toxin production by some species 6. Antigens • cell wall antigens • capsule antigens 7. Resistance: • weak 8. Pathogenicity: • facultative pathogens
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PASTEURELLA: General
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1. Habitat: • mucous membranes (respiratory tract) 2. Morphology: • 0.5-2 µm coccoid rods 3. Staining: • Gram negative • bipolar staining 4. Culture: • fastidious • yeast extract, blood, • pH-susceptibility • colony types • M-S-R colonies • smell 5. Biochemistry: • catalase +, • oxidase +, • fermentative • cytotoxin production •P. multocida D, (dermonecrotoxin) • P. multocida subspecies: -biochemical differences 6. Antigens • P. multocida • cell wall • 16 (Heddleston system), 11 (Namioka system) • capsule • A, B, D, E, F 7. Resistance: • weak
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P. multocida A, D
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ruminants, swine pneumonia,
rabbit septicaemia, pneumonia,
fowl cholera
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P. multocida D
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atrophic rhinitis of swine
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P. multocida B, E
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haemorrhagic septicaemia
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P. pneumotropica
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lab. rodents pneumonia, dog, cat oral cavity
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P. aerogenes
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alimentary tract of swine, abortion
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P. canis, P. dagmatis, P. stomatis
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dog, cat: oral cavity, bite
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P. caballi
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horse respiratory infection
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MANNHEIMIA, BIBERSTEINIA: General
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1. Habitat: • mucous membranes (resp.) 2. Morphology • 0.5-2 µm coccoid rods 3. Staining: • Gram negative • bipolar staining 4. Culture: • fastidious • yeast extract, blood, pH-susceptibility • β hemolysis 5. Biochemistry: • catalase +, • oxidase +, • fermentative • leukotoxin production 6. Antigens • cell wall • capsule • M. haemolytica 12 types • B. trehalosi 4 types
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M. (P.) haemolytica (P. haemolytica A):
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- ruminants pneumonia,
- lamb septicaemia,
- mastitis,
- arthritis
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B. trehalosi (P. haemolytica T, P. trehalosi) :
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acute systemic pasteurellosis of feedlot lambs
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ACTINOBACILLUS: General
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1. Habitat: • alimentary tract, respiratory and genital ways, mucous membrane Species: • A. lignieresii • A. equuli • A. suis • A. seminis • A. ureae • A. pleuropneumoniae
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A. lignieresii: General
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1. Habitat: • cattle, sheep oral cavity, rumen 2. Morphology: • 1-1.2 µm rods, filaments, • sulphur granules in lesions (like: actinomycosis) 3. Staining: • Gram negative, bipolar 4. Culture: • aerobic, facultative anaerobic, • poor growth on nutrient agar, • sticks to the agar 5. Biochemistry: • catalase +, • oxidase +, • fermentative, 6. Antigens: • cell wall antigens, 6 serogroups 7. Resistance:
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A. lignieresii
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cattle, sheep, swine actinobacillosis