Respiratory Flashcards
Haemophilus/Glasserella parasuis
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
pathogenesis
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
weaner pigs
produce cytochrome oxidase & associated with weaning transport/stress
Glasser’s Disease (CNS, resp, joint) - polyserositis/arthritis, meningoencephalitis, pneumonia
diagnostics for Glasserella parasuis and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
culture - growth factors X (hemin) & Y (NAD) in chocolate agar or adjacent to nurse streaks
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
virulence factors
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
weaners, growers, finishers (swine)
APX toxins
fibrinous pleuropneumonia - #1 resp dz in swine
Actinobacillus suis
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
weaners/growers (swine)
broncho/interstitial pneumonia may spread to joints
Actinobacillus equuli
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
foals
broncho/interstitial pneumonia, may spread to joints, CNS “sleepy foal disease”
Actinobacillus lignieresii
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
pathogenesis
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
cattle
associated with sharp feed, sulfur granules in lesions
“wooden tongue” due to abscesses & granulomas
Pasturella multocida
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
virulence factors
pathogenesis
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
many species but not horses, humans
capsule, LPS, siderophores, leukotoxins, PMT, RTX, T1SS
associated with B. bronchiseptica
BRDC in cows
atrophic rhinitis in swine
snuffles in rabbits
cholera in fowl
bite wound/aspiration pneumonia in dogs/cats
Mannheimia haemolytica
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
virulence factors
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
cattle, small ruminants
capsule, LPS, siderophores, leukotoxins, PMT, RTX, T1SS
predominant pathogen in BRDC
Bibersteinia trehalosi
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
virulence factors
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
cattle, small ruminants
capsule, LPS, siderophores, leukotoxins, PMT, RTX, T1SS
BRDC
Histophilus somni
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
pathogenesis
clinical signs
gram - rod
facultative anaerobe
ruminants
adheres to endothelial cells –> necrosis
BRDC & CNS disease
bacteria apart of the BRDC
Pasturella multocida
Mannheimia haemolytica
Bibersteinia trehalosi
Mycoplasma bovis
Histophilus somni
Trueperella pyogenes
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Bordetella bronchiseptica
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
virulence factors
transmission
clinical signs
gram - coccobacilli
aerobe
many animals
pilli/fimbriae, LPS, siderophores, adenyl cyclase toxin, tracheal cytotoxin, DNT
airborne/fomites
atrophic rhinitis or bronchopneumonia in swine
tracheobronchitis/pneumonia in dogs
snuffles in rabbits
Bordetella avium
gram - or +
aerobe or anaerobe
species
clinical signs
gram - coccobacilli
aerobe
birds
Turkey Coryza (rhinotracheitis)
most important respiratory disease in swine
A. pleuropneumonia
diagnostics for MHAP-B bacteria
aerobic cultures
poor growth on MacConkey agar
NO nasal cultures unless equine
treatments for BRDC
ML vx for P. multocida
toxoid vx for M. haemolytica
bacterin vx for H. somnii
abx - ceftiofur, macrolides, florfenicol
what bacteria is commonly associated with Pasturella spp. chronic infections
Truperella spp.