International Journal of Biotechnology and Allied Fields
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Identification of virulent pasteurella multocida strains from sheep and goats with pneumonia by mouse pathogenicity test in Shiraz-Iran

  • Author:
  • H Jamali1, Y Tahamtan2,, M Sarchahani1, F Moein1, MA Pourdanesh1, M Hayati1, MM Namavari1, Jahromi Z Kargar4, E Rahmanian3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 49 to 53

1Department of Microbiology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran

2Razi Vaccines and Serum Research Institute, Shiraz

3Department of Anatomy and Embryology, International branch, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

4Zoonoses Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

*Corresponding Author: E Mail: h.jamali1970@gmail.com; Tel: +98917131131

Online published on 17 July, 2017.

Abstract

To identify the virulent strains of Pasteurella multocida, four hundred samples were collected from nasal and tonsils of sheep and goats with pneumonia of different regions in Fars province. The results of the cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics identified 38 isolates of P. multocida. The virulent strains were proved by mouse pathogenicity test in two steps and indicated that 25 isolates are belong to the virulent strains. In this study 6.25 percent of pneumonia in sheep and goats was related to the P. multocida. In addition outbreak of pneumonic pasteurellosis was more in sheep and warm regions.

Keywords

Pasteurella Multocida, Fars, Sheep, Goat