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Fatal meningitis in a calf caused by Mannheimia varigena.

Last updated on 22-8-2019 by Anonymous (non vérifié)

Peer reviewed scientific article

SCIENSANO

Auteurs

Boudewijn Catry; Opsomer, G; Decostere, A; Feyen, B; de Kruif, A; Haesebrouck, F

Mots-clés

  1. Animals
  2. Bacterial Typing Techniques
  3. Cattle
  4. Cattle Diseases
  5. DNA, Bacterial
  6. Drug Resistance, Microbial
  7. Fatal Outcome
  8. Female
  9. Mannheimia
  10. Meningitis, Bacterial
  11. Pasteurellaceae Infections
  12. polymerase chain reaction

Résumé:

Mannheimia varigena was identified as the etiologic agent of meningitis in a young Belgian White Blue heifer calf. Species identification of the bacterium was done by phenotyping and molecularly confirmed by tDNA-PCR. Standard bacteriological examination might fail to differentiate species belonging to the genus Mannheimia.
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