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  • Title: Ecology and significance of Pasteurellaceae in animals.
    Author: Bisgaard M.
    Journal: Zentralbl Bakteriol; 1993 Jun; 279(1):7-26. PubMed ID: 8369587.
    Abstract:
    The reservoir of eighty-one taxa/groups classified with the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981 is reviewed based upon published data and own investigations. With the exception of certain strains of P. multocida, A. pleuropneumoniae and [H.] paragallinarum organisms belonging to this family are usually regarded as opportunistic, secondary invaders which under normal conditions coexist peacefully with the animal host on mucosal membranes of the upper respiratory- and lower genital tracts. Very little is known about factors that govern the ecological preferences that certain members of this family show for specific surfaces and hosts. Mechanisms of colonization, survival and multiplication, invasion and pathogenic action are incompletely understood. The significance of Pasteurellaceae in animals and man has recently been reviewed. Subsequent publications have underlined the significance of biovars 2 of P. canis and P. avium and ornithine negative P. multocida in pneumonia in cattle. In addition, differences in pathogenicity have been demonstrated for different serovars of [H.] parasuis. The disease potential of many taxa/groups is only incompletely known.
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