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An atypical strain of Pasteurella gallinarum: pathogenic, phenotypic, and genotypic characteristics.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Droual R, Walker R L, Shivaprasad H L, Jeffrey J S, Meteyer C U, Chin R P, Shapiro D P
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenicity of a strain of Pasteurella gallinarum isolated in Fresno County, Calif., was compared with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strain. Broiler chickens were inoculated intranasally with 10(7) colony-forming units (CFU) and intramuscularly with 10(5) CFU of each strain. The only notable lesions were in chickens inoculated intramuscularly with 10(5) CFU of the Fresno strain, which...
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