Difference between revisions of "Category:Actinobacillus species"

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''[[Actinobacillus suis]]''
 
''[[Actinobacillus suis]]''
  
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''[[Actinobacillus seminis]]''
  
===''Actinobacillus seminis''===
 
  
*Epididymitis in young rams (4-8 months)
 
*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
 
  
  

Revision as of 11:23, 10 May 2010

Overview

  • Mainly pathogens of farm animals
  • Commensals of mucosa of upper respiratory tract and oral cavity
  • Cannot survive long in the environment, therefore carrier animals are important in their transmission
  • Cause granulomatous inflammation


Actinobacillus characteristics

  • Small Gram negative coccobacilli
  • Oxidase negative
  • Do not grow on MacConkey
  • Non-motile
  • Facultative anaerobes which ferment carbohydrates to produce acid


Actinobacillus lignieresii

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Actinobacillus equuli

Actinobacillus suis

Actinobacillus seminis



Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

  • Epididymitis in rams

Pages in category "Actinobacillus species"

The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.