Genetic diversity of porcine Pasteurella multocida strains from the respiratory tract of healthy and diseased swine.

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.027

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Genetic diversity of porcine Pasteurella multocida strains from the respiratory tract of healthy and diseased swine.

Veterinary microbiology - 20 Oct 2009

Bethe Astrid, Wieler Lothar H, Selbitz Hans-J, Ewers Christa

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A total of 382 porcine Pasteurella multocida strains, isolated from cases of pneumonia and progressive atrophic rhinitis (PAR) as well as from clinically healthy pigs of more than 150 German husbandries were characterized by detection of virulence-associated genes (VAGs) and ribotyping to understand the relationships between "commensal" and "pathogenic" strains, enabling a rational choice of vaccine strains. The...

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