This study compares all-in-all-out (AlAD) production with continuous-flow(CF) production during the growing-finishing phase. Thirty-three randomly selected pigs were moved into a room designated as the AIAD facility at approximately 17-20 kg (37-44 Ib) body weight. These pigs may have been infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida but were not exhibiting clinical signs of...

Molecular typing of twenty-five Pasteurella multocida isolates has been assessed by restriction fragmentlength polymorphism (RFLP) of a species-specific PCR assay. Amplification was based on the gene ompH, encoding a major outer memberane protein. RFLP analysis of the 1.2 kb ompH-amplification usingEcoRI, HindIII and CfoI endonucleases produced 7 different patterns for the twenty fi...

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a well-described complication of arthroplasty. Pasteurella multocida rare cause PJI that predominantly occurs after exposure to animals, primarily cats and dogs. There are only two described cases in the literature where multiple prostheses were simultaneously infected with P. hematogenous dissemination. We present third case synchronous prosthetic joints...

Rifampicin is a potent inducer of hepatic microsomal enzymes and increases the oxidation of cortisol to 63-hydroxycortisol.2 As the major pathway of cortisol metabolism involving tetrahydroreduction of the A ring is not thought to be altered this increased utilisation usually represents only a small percentage of the cortisol produced in patients with normal adrenal function. In patients with p...

Pasteurella species cause zoonotic infections in humans. Human pasteurella infections usually manifest as local skin or soft tissue infection following an animal bite or scratch. Systemic infections are less common and are limited to patients at the extremes of age or those who have serious underlying disorders, including cirrhosis. Most human pasteurella infections are caused by the multocida ...

Pasteurella multocida is composed of three subspecies that are often differentiated by fermentation of sorbitol and dulcitol. We studied 35 dulcitol-negative P. multocida isolates from infected dog and cat bite wounds, 16 of which yielded weak and/or conflicting fermentation reactions in Andrades sorbitol, thus making it difficult to distinguish between the two dulcitol-negative subspecies of P...

Pasteurella multocida is a major pathogen of farm animals and has worldwide distribution. Here we report the draft genome sequences of four strains that were isolated from animals in the United Kingdom and the United States and represent pathogenic and commensal presentation of the bacterium.

In this study, 108 P. multocida isolates recovered from various host animals such as cattle, buffalo, swine, poultry (chicken, duck, and emu) and rabbits were screened for carriage of 8 virulence associated genes. The results revealed some unique information on the prevalence of virulence associated genes among Indian isolates. With the exception of toxA gene, all other virulence associated gen...