Article
Biochemical typing of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 1991
Sirois M, Higgins R
Abstract excerpt
A study was conducted to evaluate the possibility of using biochemical differences among strains of a given serotype of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae as epidemiological markers, to rapidly identify the source of infection in herds affected with swine pleuropneumonia. Out of 38 different biochemical and physiological tests performed on a total of 67 strains belonging to serotypes 1 and 5 of A. pleuropneumoniae,...
Topics
- Actinobacillus
- Actinobacillus Infections
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Fermentation
- Phenotype
- Pleuropneumonia
- Serotyping
- Swine
- Swine Diseases
