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Actinobacillus species (view source)
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===''Actinobacillus suis''===
===''Actinobacillus suis''===
*Fatal septicaemia in piglets 1-8 weeks old
*May be present in upper respiratory tract of sows
*Causes abscesses in joints and lungs of older pigs
*Pathogenicity and clinical signs:
*Carried in the nasopharynx of pigs and nose of horses
**Infection of piglets via aerosol or possibly skin abrasions
*Carriage may confer immunity to the more severe pleuropneumonia
**Fatal septicaemia in piglets 1-8 weeks old
*Septicaemia and pneumonia in foals
**Mortality up to 50% in some litters
*Pneumonia in pigs and horses
**Fever, respiratory distress, prostration and paddling of forelimbs seen in piglets
**Petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages in many organs
**Interstitial pneumonia, pleuritis, meningoencephalitis, myocarditis and arthritis
**Causes abscesses in joints and lungs of older pigs
**Carried in the nasopharynx of pigs and nose of horses
**Carriage may confer immunity to the more severe pleuropneumonia
*Diagnosis:
**Specimens cultured on blood agar and MacConkey agar for 1-3 days
**Sticky haemolytic colonies
**Pink, lactose-fermenting colonies on MacConkey agar
*Treatment and control:
**Bacteria usually susceptible to ampicillin, carbenicillin, potentiated sulphonamides and tetracyclines
**Disinfect contaminated pens
*Other animals:
**Septicaemia and pneumonia in foals
**Pneumonia in pigs and horses
===''Actinobacillus seminis''===
===''Actinobacillus seminis''===
*Epididymitis in rams
*Epididymitis in young rams (4-8 months)
*Polyarthritis in lambs
*Polyarthritis in lambs
*Organism found in prepuce
*Opportunistic infection causing abscesses in epididymides
*May be purulent discharge onto scrotal skin
*Specimens cultured on blood agar and incubated aerobically for 1-3 days produce pin-point haemolytic colonies which are catalase-positive; no growth on MacConkey agar