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===''Haemophilus characteristica''===
 
 
 
*Morphologically variable Gram-negative bacilli, ranging from short rods to long filaments
 
*Oxidase negative
 
*Depend on beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and/or Haemin for growth
 
*Heated blood agar (Chocolate Agar) required for growth of NAD-dependent strains
 
*Haemin-dependent strains grow on Blood Agar
 
*Do not grow on MacConkey agar
 
*Inhabit mucosal epithelium of respiratory and genital tract
 
 
 
 
 
===''Haemophilus parasuis''===
 
 
 
*Serotype B causes Glasser's disease in pigs
 
*Glasser's disease
 
**Due to transport, environmental stresses, dietary and managemental factors
 
**Acute septicaemia
 
**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)
 
**Expressed lesions vary between animals - meningitis is most consistent, arthritis in 20% of cases
 
**Sporadic outbreaks in the UK
 
**Can be fatal in 2-5 days
 
**Mortality up to 50% insome outbreaks
 
**Chronic arthritis, meningitis and intestinal obstruction due to adhesions in surviving pigs
 
*Fibrinous pneumonia secondary to enzootic pneumonia or virus infection
 
 
 
 
 
===''Haemophilus somnus''===
 
 
 
*''Haemophilus sommus'' in [[Bacterial infections#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|Enzootic pneumonia of calves]]
 
*Causes infectious thromboencephalitis in cattle 1-3 years old
 
*Found in the USA and Europe, including UK
 
*Causes a meningoencephalitis with fibrinous arterial thrombosis and necrosis
 
*Causes fever, staggering and dyspnoea, progressing to somnolence, paralysis and death
 
*Mortality can be high
 
 
 
 
 
===''Haemophilus pleuopneumonia''===
 
 
 
*''H. pleuropneumonia'' in [[Bacterial infections#Contagious porcine pleuropneumonia|Contagious porcine pleuropneumonia]]
 
 
 
 
 
===''Haemophilus paragalinarum''===
 
 
 
*Conjunctivitis in poultry
 
 
 
 
 
===''Haemophilus influenzae''===
 
 
 
*Human respiratory disease
 

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