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Table 5 Pasteurella multocida type A strains classification by pathogenicity scores according to clinical pathological features observed in eight challenged pigs per group

From: Pathogenic variability among Pasteurella multocida type A isolates from Brazilian pig farms

Strain BRMSA

Group

Pathogenic classification

Lesions

Euthanasiab

N° of pigs

Areaa

Predominant features

0496

1

High

8

3.58

Necrosuppurative/necrohemorrhagic bronchopneumonia (App-like lesion) with diffuse fibrinous pleuritis

5

1196

2

High

4

2.53

Necrosuppurative/necrohemorrhagic bronchopneumonia (App-like lesion) with diffuse fibrinous pleuritis

1

1113

3

High

8

6.26

Necrosuppurative/necrohemorrhagic bronchopneumonia (App-like lesion) with diffuse fibrinous pleuritis and pericarditis

6

1197

4

Low

1

1.30

Focal suppurative bronchopneumonia

0

1198

5

High

3

0.0

Diffuse fibrinous pleuritis, pericarditis and peritonitis

2

1199

6

Nonpathogenic

0

0.0

No lesions

0

1200

7

High

7

5.01

Necrosuppurative/necrohemorrhagic bronchopneumonia (App like lesion) with diffuse fibrinous pleuritis and pericarditis

7

1201

8

Nonpathogenic

0

0.0

No lesions

0

  1. aConsolidated lung area excluding App-like lesions, %; b Number of pigs euthanized before 5 dpi for animal welfare when severe clinical signs were present