title: Incidence of Pasteurella multocida in poultry house cats used for rodent control programs.
abstract: Cats used as mousers in commercial poultry breeder farms were tested for the presence of Pasteurella multocida. Of the cats tested, 72.7% were positive for P. multocida serotypes common to both farm cats and commercial broiler breeders. Thirty-one percent were type 1, 19% were type 4, and 6% were type 3.4.
authors.affiliation: Seaboard Farms of Athens, Georgia 30606, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Sambeek
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: McMurray
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases; D002415:Cats; D006799:Housing, Animal; D015994:Incidence; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D011200:Poultry; D012375:Rodent Control / Q000379:methods*