Biochemical variants among ovine Pasteurella multocida biovars isolated from East Azarbaijan province
Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology
جلال Shayegh
1
(Department of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar Branch, Shabestar, Iran)
هادی Keyvanfer
2
(Microbiology Department, Faculty of Specialized Veterinary Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Iran)
جلیل Dolgari Sharaf
3
(Department of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar Branch, Shabestar, Iran)
منصور Khakpour
4
(Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran)
Keywords: East Azarbaijan, Pasteurella multocida, Sheep, Biochemical variants,
Abstract :
In this study, biochemical variants of 24 ovine Pasteurella multocida isolates which were biotyped by microplate fermentation were studied. All isolates were taken from sheep with nasal discharge in East Azarbaijan province. Among the five identified biovars namely biovars 2, 3, 6, 7 and 11 only biovars 6 and 7 had biochemical variants. Manitol negative, manitol negative/ornitine decarboxylase negative and manitol negative maltose negative variants among biovar 6 and saccharose positive among biovar 7 are the characteristics of ovine P. multocida isolated from this province.