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Fowl cholera is also called avian cholera, avian pasteurellosis and avian hemorrhagic septicemia. [1] It is the most common pasteurellosis of poultry. As the causative agent is Pasteurella multocida, it is considered to be a zoonosis. Adult birds and old chickens are more susceptible. In parental flocks, cocks are far more susceptible than hens ...
P. multocida is the cause of a range of diseases in mammals and birds, including fowl cholera in poultry, atrophic rhinitis in pigs, and bovine hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle and buffalo. It can also cause a zoonotic infection in humans, which typically is a result of bites or scratches from domestic pets.
Pasteurellosis is an infection with a species of the bacterial genus Pasteurella, [1] which is found in humans and other animals.. Pasteurella multocida (subspecies P. m. septica and P. m. multocida) is carried in the mouth and respiratory tract of various animals, including pigs. [2]
Pages in category "Bird diseases" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. ... Fowl cholera; G. ... This page was last edited on 27 November 2015
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) set up a cholera research centre at Kyd Street, Kolkata, West Bengal. [5] The aim of establishing this centre was to conduct research related to cholera and other enteric diseases. In 1979, the cholera research centre was renamed to National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED).
The first attenuated vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur, for fowl cholera, was tested on poultry in 1878. [89] Anti-malarials were tested on birds which harbour avian-malarias. [90] Poultry continues to be used as a model for many studies in non-mammalian immunology. [91] Studies in bird behaviour include the use of tamed and trained birds in ...
Tennessee cholera epidemic (1849–1850) 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak; 1853 Stockholm cholera outbreak; 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak; 1902 cholera outbreak of the Philippines; 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak; Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386; 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak; 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak; 2009 Papua New Guinea ...
Cholera infections are most commonly acquired from drinking water in which V. cholerae is found naturally or into which it has been introduced from the feces of an infected person. Cholera is most likely to be found and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene.