Toxigenic Pasteurella multocida in rabbits with naturally occurring atrophic rhinitis

Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1991 Jun;38(4):265-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1991.tb00870.x.

Abstract

In a commercial rabbitry nasal swabs were taken from 36 animals with enzootic upper respiratory disease resembling porcine atrophic rhinitis. 35 Pasteurella multocida strains were isolated from 17 rabbits. Among 30 strains tested for dermonecrotic toxin production 3, derived from 3 animals, were positive in the guinea pig skin test. 15 Bordetella bronchiseptica strains were recovered from 14 rabbits. No toxigenic strains were found among 6 isolates tested using the same method.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
  • Dermotoxins / biosynthesis*
  • Female
  • Pasteurella / isolation & purification
  • Pasteurella / metabolism*
  • Pasteurella Infections / microbiology*
  • Rabbits*
  • Rhinitis, Atrophic / microbiology*
  • Turbinates / pathology

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Dermotoxins