Bordetella bronchiseptica associated with pulmonary disease in mountain voles (Microtus montanus).
Bordetella bronchiseptica was isolated from the lungs of all of six mountain voles (Microtus montanus) found dead or dying of pulmonary infection near the Bear River Research Station in northern Utah in January, 1973. The possibility of concomitant viral or mycoplasmal infection was not ruled out.
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D001884:Bordetella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology*