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===''Pasteurella multocida''===
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===''[[Pasteurella multocida]]''===
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*Large grey colonies on blood agar
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*Not haemolytic
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*Do not grow on MacConkey
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*Five capsular serotypes, A,B,D,E and F
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*Primary and secondary pathogen
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*Responsible for secondary infections following primary viral and mycoplasmal infections, especially in the lungs, for example during [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|Enzootic pneumonia of calves]] and pigs
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* Can cause vascular fragility, leading to [[Haemostasis - Pathology#Haemorrhagic Disease Due To Vascular Fragility|haemorrhagic disease]]
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*Involved in [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Subcutaneous abscesses|subcutaneous abscesses]] due to cat bites
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*Typa A
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**Commensal in upper respiratory tract of animals in UK
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**Primary pathogen in avian cholera - a septicaemia in chickens and turkeys
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**Secondary pathogen commomly repsonsible for dog and cat bite wound infections in humans and animals
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**Feline pyothorax and [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Abscesses|cellulitis]]
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**Some strains involved in [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Bacterial rhinitis|Atrophic rhinitis of pigs]], and produce osteolytic toxin
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**Involved in [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#In Rabbits|'Snuffles' in rabbits]], a mucopurulent rhinosinitis
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**Can cause pneumonia and mastitis in sheep
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**Associated with [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Pneumonic pasteurellosis|pneumonic pasteurellosis]] in cattle, as well as enzootic pneumonia in calves
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*Type B
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**Causes Haemorrhagic Septicaemia of cattle in Southern Europe and Asia
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*Type D
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**Primary and secondary pathogen
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**Causes [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#In Pigs|atrophic rhinitis]] along with ''[[Bordetella bronchiseptica]]'' in pigs
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**Pneumonia in pigs
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**''Pasteurella multocida'' adhere to epithelium damaged by ''[[Bordetella bronchiseptica]]''
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**Produces an osteolytic toxin (Pmt), which stimulates osteoclasts, inducing bone resorption of the nasal turbinates
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*Type E
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**Causes African Bovine Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
      
===''Pasteurella pneumotropica''===
 
===''Pasteurella pneumotropica''===
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