INCIDENCE OF PASTEURELLA-MULTOCIDA IN POULTRY HOUSE CATS USED FOR RODENT CONTROL PROGRAMS

Authors
VANSAMBEEK F MCMURRAY BL PAGE RK
Citation
F. Vansambeek et al., INCIDENCE OF PASTEURELLA-MULTOCIDA IN POULTRY HOUSE CATS USED FOR RODENT CONTROL PROGRAMS, Avian diseases, 39(1), 1995, pp. 145-146
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Avian diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052086
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
145 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2086(1995)39:1<145:IOPIPH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Cats used as mousers in commercial poultry breeder farms were tested f or the presence of Pasteurella multocida. Of the cats tested, 72.7% we re positive for P. multocida serotypes common to both farm cats and co mmercial broiler breeders. Thirty-one percent were type 1, 19% were ty pe 4, and 6% were type 3,4.