Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 isolated from a lesser snow goose: evidence of a carrier state.
Pharyngeal swabs were collected from 298 lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) at Banks Island (Northwest Territories. Canada) in the summer of 1994. Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 was isolated from an adult male bird and P. multocida serotype 3 was isolated from an adult female goose. Pathogenicity of the serotype 1 isolate was confirmed by inoculation in Pekin ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). The serotype 3 isolate was non-pathogenic in Pekin ducks. This is the first documented isolation of pathogenic P. multocida serotype 1 from apparently healthy wild snow geese.
Samuel
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MD
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Goldberg
D R
DR
Shadduck
D J
DJ
Price
J I
JI
Cooch
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EG
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004372:Ducks; D005260:Female; D005777:Geese; D008297:Male; D015873:Northwest Territories / Q000453:epidemiology; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary