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Individual bacteria / not part of bigger families
Bordetella
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 3
06/04/2012

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Term
Bordetella spp. - source
Definition
-URT commensal
-some obligate pathogens
Term
Bordetella spp. - main dz
Definition
-primarily resp tract infection
-generally need pre-disposing factors
-often mixed infections
Term
Boretella spp. - pathogenesis
Definition
-attach to ciliated epithelium and affinity for mucus
-cause ciliostasis
-hence often mixed inf.
-no further invasion but toxins prodused
Term
Bordetella bronchoseptica - main dz. pigs
Definition
-Atrophic rhinitis
-bronchopneuomia
Term
Bordetella bronchoseptica - main dz. dogs
Definition
-kennel cough
-bronchopneumonia
Term
Bordetella avium - main dz
Definition
Poultry
-rhinotrachetitis
-high morbidity, low mortality
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