Table 1 Pasteurella multocida B:2 isolation, DNA detection and localisation in all samples from calves 2A, 2B and 2C
Tract | Organ | P. multocidaB:2 DNA (+/total) | Localisation |
|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Nasal | 0/3 | Serous glands. |
Tonsil | 3/3 | Tonsillar crypts with denuded epithelial cells. | |
(Animal ID: 2A, 2B, 2C) | |||
Epiglottis | 0/3 | Epithelium, serous glands. | |
Trachea | 0/3 | Epithelial surface. | |
Lungs | 1/3 | Bronchiolar exudates, alveolar space, alveolar sac surface, intracytoplasmic of alveolar macrophages. | |
(Animal ID: 2A) | |||
Gastrointestinal | Liver | 0/3 | (negative) |
Rumen | 0/3 | Tip of mucosal surface. | |
Reticulum | 1/3 | ||
(Animal ID: 2B) | |||
Omasum | 0/3 | ||
Abomasum | 0/3 | ||
Duodenum | 0/3 | ||
Jejunum | 0/3 | ||
Ileum | 1/3 | ||
(Animal ID: 2C) | |||
Caecum | 0/3 | ||
Colon | 0/3 | ||
Rectum | 0/3 | ||
Mesenteric lymph nodes | 0/3 | (negative) | |
Urinary | Kidney | 0/3 | (negative) |
Ureter | 1/3 | Ureteral lumen, intracytoplasmic of denuded epithelial cells. | |
(Animal ID: 2C) | |||
Urinary bladder | 0/2 | Intracytoplasmic and surface of transitional cells. |