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. 1971 Oct;35(4):313–317.

Pasteurella haemolytica of Cattle: Serotype, Production of Bete-galactosidase and Antibacterial Sensitivity

M L Fox 1,2, R G Thomson 1,2, S E Magwood 1,2
PMCID: PMC1319588  PMID: 4260945

Abstract

Two hundred and three isolates of Pasteurella haemolytica from cattle were studied. They originated from the nasal cavity of cattle in housed herds; the nasal cavity and pneumonic lungs of experimental feedlot calves and from pneumonic bovine lungs submitted for bacteriological diagnosis.

To determine whether a single characteristic or combination of characteristics might be a feature of isolates collected from animals with pneumonic pasteurellosis (Shipping Fever), the following tests were made. Cultures were serotyped by indirect haemagglutination; the ability to produce beta-galactosidase was examined in the ortho-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) test and antibacterial sensitivity tests were done. None of these factors could be directly related to the role of P. haemolytica in “Shipping Fever”.

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