Thursday, October 30, 2008

Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica

- respiratory tract infections
  • Shipping fever in cattle
  • pneumonia, sepsis in lambs
  • pneumonia, salpingitis, sepsis in fowl
- mastitis in ewes

- in addition to LPS, capsule, fimbriae, has:
  • leukotoxin specific for ruminant leukocytes and platelets
  • membrane protein that binds ruminant transferrin/ iron
- therapy: susceptibility testing to choose appropriate antibiotics

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