A new serotype of Pasteurella multocida associated with fowl cholera.
Gel-diffusion precipitin tests demonstrated an additional Pasteurella multocida serotype, designated serotype 16. Isolate P-2723, antigenically distinct from the other (previously reported) 15 serotypes, was from a turkey affected with fowl cholera. This serotype is not widely distributed. Isolate P-2723 was of mild virulence in turkeys, resulting in local infections in the hock joint and sternal bursa of only 1 of 9 turkeys exposed.
D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014422:Turkeys
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial