Experimental reproduction of acute lesions of porcine pleuropneumonia with a haemolysin-deficient mutant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

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Experimental reproduction of acute lesions of porcine pleuropneumonia with a haemolysin-deficient mutant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

The Veterinary record - 16 Nov 1991

Rycroft A N, Williams D, McCandlish I A, Taylor D J

Abstract excerpt

The role of the heat-labile haemolysin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in acute porcine pleuropneumonia was examined. A virulent strain was compared with an isogenic haemolysin-deficient mutant in experimental infections. The pigs which received the virulent strain showed clinical signs of acu...

Topics

Actinobacillus Infections
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Acute Disease
Animals
Antigens, Bacterial
Hemolysin Proteins
Mutation
Pleuropneumonia
Species Specificity
Swine
Swine Diseases
Virulence

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