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What type of bacteria is Actinobacillus suis? | A.suis is a beta-haemolytic Gram-negative bacterium.
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What family does A.suis belong to? | Pasteurellaceae
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How do the strains of A.suis differ? | Strains have differences in their:
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Which strains are most commonly isolated from clinical cases? |
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Which strain is the most virulent? | O2/K2
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What species does A.suis mainly casue disease in? |
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What toxins do A.suis encode for? | Similar toxins to apxI and apxII of A. pleuropneumoniae, but they are less virulent. Once an animal is infected with A.suis it can provide partial cross protection against A. pleuropneumoniae.
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What are the wild hosts for A.suis? |
A.suis can also affect domestic species including cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, zebu, dogs, cats and tenuous links to equine disease have been recorded (A.suis-like microorganism rather than A.suis itself). |
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What diseases does A.suis cause? |
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What is the epidemiology of A.suis? |
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What is the name of the polysaccharide that it present in A.suis and fungal and lichen cell walls? | Pustulan |
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