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Meningoencephalitis and pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida in rabbits

토끼에서 Pasteurella multocida 감염에 의한 뇌막뇌염과 폐렴 증례보고

  • Jeong, Jiyeon (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Lee, Kyunghyun (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Choi, Eun-Jin (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Kim, Ha-Young (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Sohn, Jun Hyung (North Branch, Gyeonguk Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • So, ByungJae (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Jung, Ji-Youl (Animal Disease Diagnostic Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
  • 정지연 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과) ;
  • 이경현 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과) ;
  • 최은진 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과) ;
  • 김하영 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과) ;
  • 손준형 (경북동물위생시험소 북부지소) ;
  • 소병재 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과) ;
  • 정지열 (농림축산검역본부 질병진단과)
  • Received : 2018.01.25
  • Accepted : 2018.03.14
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

Eight rabbits exhibited head tilt and subsequently died. At necropsy, three rabbits had crusty deposits in ears and four had reddish lungs. The main histopathological features were severe diffuse suppurative meningoencephalitis (75.0% of rabbits), fibrinopurulent pneumonia (37.5%), and otitis externa (37.5%). Pasteurella multocida (P. multocida) was isolated from brains, ears, and lungs. The capsular serogroups of the isolates were untypable. Based on histopathological features and bacterial analysis results, the rabbits were diagnosed as P. multocida infection. P. multocida infections might result in considerable economic loss in commercial rabbit production facilities in Korea.

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