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Fatal peritonitis caused by Pasteurella multocida capsular type F in calves
Boudewijn Catry1, Koen Chiers, Stefan Schwarz
1Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, BE-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Boudewijn.Catry@UGent.be
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 8, 2005
Abstract:
A fatal case of atypical septicemia of pasteurellosis in veal calves is described. The causative organism was identified as a multiresistant Pasteurella multocida capsular type F isolate. The outbreak was characterized by fibrinous peritonitis and mortality, which are hitherto unreported features of P. multocida capsular type F infections.