Pathogen for bacterial poultry disease
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica S.A. de C.V.
InventorsRaul CAMPOGARRIDO, Carlos GONZALEZ-HERNANDEZ, Vaithianathan SIVANANDAN, Maria Elena VAZQUEZ
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the field of animal health and in particular the causative agent of a new bacterial poultry disease, Gallibacterium. The invention provides said Gallibacterium bacteria, vaccine comprising inactivated Gallibacterium, and a method of immunizing to prevent disease in poultry.
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Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, pleomorphic rod-shaped bacteria causing a disease of the upper respiratory and of the reproductive tract of poultry, wherein the bacteria are selected from the group of Pasteurella trehalosi and Mannheimia haemolytica.
Pasteurella trehalosi or Mannheimia haemolytica, wherein the Pasteurella or Mannheimia are beta haemolysis-positive, Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, urease-negative, nitrate-positive and indole-negative.
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