pasteurellosis (redirected from epidemic pasteurellosis)

pasteurellosis /pas·teur·el·lo·sis/ (pas″ter-ĕ-lo´sis) infection with organisms of the genus Pasteurella.

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pas·teu·rel·lo·sis (pschr--lss, pstr-)

n.

Infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella.

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Pasteurellosis

A bacterial infection caused by Pasteurella multocida. Pasteurellosis is characterized by inflammation around the wound site and may be accompanied by bacteria in the bloodstream and infection in tissues and organs.

Mentioned in: Animal Bite Infections

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pasteurellosis

[pas′tərelō′sis]

Etymology: Louis Pasteur

a local wound infection, caused by the gram-negative bacillus Pasteurella multicide, which may be acquired through the bite or scratch of an infected animal, usually a cat.

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pasteurellosis

infection with organisms of the genera Pasteurella and Mannheimia. In animals includes septicemic pasteurellosis, pneumonic pasteurellosis, both of cattle, snuffles in rabbits and pasteurellosis of swine, sheep and goats. The causative bacteria include Pasteurella multocida types A, B, C and D, and Mannheimiahaemolytica.

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epidemic pasteurellosis

see hemorrhagic septicemia.

ovine, porcine and caprine pasteurellosis

the more common pneumonic disease is caused by Mannheimia haemolytica and the septicemic disease by Pasteurella trehalosi.

pneumonic pasteurellosis

the common pasteurellosis of cattle caused by Mannheimiahaemolytica and sometimes Pasteurella multocida type A. Characterized by acute bronchopneumonia with fever, dyspnea, abnormal breath sounds, weak cough, severe toxemia and death in 24 to 48 hours.

septicemic pasteurellosis

see hemorrhagic septicemia.