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*Serotype B causes Glasser's disease in pigs
*Serotype B causes Glasser's disease in pigs
*Glasser's disease
*Glasser's disease
**Due to transport, environmental stresses, dietary and managemental factors
**Septicaemia
**Acute septicaemia
**Acute inflammation affecting pleua, peritoneum, mediastinum, pericardium, joints and meninges
**Causes a polyserositis - pericarditis, [[Peritoneal cavity - inflammatory#Peritonitis|peritonitis]], pleurisy and meningitis - in pigs 3-10 weeks old
**Causes a polyserositis - pericarditis, [[Peritoneal cavity - inflammatory#Peritonitis|peritonitis]], pleurisy and meningitis - in pigs 3-10 weeks old
**Also causes suppurative [[Bacterial infections#Glasser's disease|bronchopneumonia, pleuritis]], [[Joints - inflammatory#In Pigs|polyarthritis]] (also ''H. suis)
**Also causes suppurative [[Bacterial infections#Glasser's disease|bronchopneumonia, pleuritis]], [[Joints - inflammatory#In Pigs|polyarthritis]] (also ''H. suis)
**Expressed lesions vary between animals - meningitis is most consistent, arthritis in 20% of cases
**Expressed lesions vary between animals - meningitis is most consistent, arthritis in 20% of cases
**Fever, general malaise, repsiratory and abdominal signs, lameness, paralysis or convulsions
**Sporadic outbreaks in the UK
**Sporadic outbreaks in the UK
*Morbidity and mortality often low due to widespread acquired resistance
**Mortality up to 50% in some outbreaks e.g. specific pathogen-free herds
**Can be fatal in 2-5 days
**Can be fatal in 2-5 days
**Chronic arthritis, meningitis and intestinal obstruction due to adhesions in some surviving pigs
**Chronic arthritis, meningitis and intestinal obstruction due to adhesions in surviving pigs
**Due to transport, environmental stresses, dietary and managemental factors
*Fibrinous pneumonia secondary to enzootic pneumonia or virus infection e.g. swine influenza
*Fibrinous pneumonia secondary to enzootic pneumonia or virus infection e.g. swine influenza
===''Haemophilus paragalinarum''===
===''Haemophilus paragalinarum''===
*Infectious coryza of poultry
*Infectious coryza of poultry - accute upper-respiratory tract infection
*Nasal discharge, swollen sinuses, facial oedema and conjunctivitis
*Resistant to complement-mediated lysis and phagocytosis
*Resistant to complement-mediated lysis and phagocytosis
===''Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus''===
*Commensal of canine lower genital tract
*Causes cystitis and neonatal infections
===''Haemophilus felis''===
*Associated with feline conjunctivitis