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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;77(3):187-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.04.002.

Fatal meningitis in a calf caused by Mannheimia varigena

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Fatal meningitis in a calf caused by Mannheimia varigena

B Catry et al. Res Vet Sci. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Mannheimia varigena was identified as the etiologic agent of meningitis in a young Belgian White Blue heifer calf. Species identification of the bacterium was done by phenotyping and molecularly confirmed by tDNA-PCR. Standard bacteriological examination might fail to differentiate species belonging to the genus Mannheimia.

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