Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, penicillin-sensitive coccobacillus belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family. Strains belonging to the species are currently classified into 5 serogroups (A, B, D, E, F) based on capsular composition and 16 somatic serovars (1-16). Pasteurella multocida is the cause of a range of diseases in mamma...
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(from the article `Pasteurella`) Pasteurella multocida is pathogenic for many animals, causing fowl cholera, blood poisoning in ruminants, pneumonia in young cattle, and respiratory ...
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A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria normally found in the flora of the mouth and respiratory tract of animals and birds. It causes shipping fever (see pasteurellosis, pneumonic), haemorrhagic bacteraemia, and intestinal disease in animals. In humans, disease usually arises from a wound infection following a bite...
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pneumonia a rare type of bacterial pneumonia caused by infection with Pasteurella multocida, usually seen in patients with chronic lung disease; characteristics include fever, cough, and dyspnea, sometimes with empyema.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a bacterial species that causes fowl cholera and hemorrhagic septicemia in sheep and goats, shipping fever in cattle, bronchopneumonia in swine, and other forms of disease in many warm-blooded animals; may infect dog or cat bites or scratches and cause cellulitis and septicemia in humans, especially those with chronic dis...
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