title: Pasteurella multocida carriage in red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus).
abstract: The isolation of Pasteurella multocida from several red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) with purulent to necrotizing gingivitis, mandibular osteomyelitis, and conjunctivitis in a private zoological park prompted a cross-sectional prevalence study in two zoological collections. The study demonstrated a high prevalence of P. multocida carriage in clinically healthy red-necked wallabies. In one collection (n= 7), P. multocida was isolated from the gingival mucosa of two animals (28.6%) and the conjunctiva of one animal (14.3%). In another collection (n = 29), P. multocida was isolated from the buccal mucosa in two animals (6.9%) and the pharyngeal mucosa of eight animals (27.6%). Multilocus sequence typing showed that sequence types varied among, but were identical within, collections.
authors.affiliation: Center for Zoo and Wild Animal Health, Copenhagen Zoo, 38 Roskildevej, Denmark. mfb@zoo.dk
authors.forename: Mads F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bertelsen
authors.forename: Anders Miki
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bojesen
authors.forename: Magne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bisgaard
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002353:Carrier State; D008394:Marsupialia; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*