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Table A3.1

respiratory tract Bacteria Viruses**
Ruminants Pasteurella multocida Infectious bovine
See also lungworm*** Pasteurella haemolytica rhinotracheitis, respiratory
Cattle/other ruminants Trueperella (Actinomyces) syncitial virus, Parainfluenza virus,
Sheep pyogenes adenovirus, reovirus, rinderpest
Mycoplasma sp. Maedi Visna, Jaagsiekte
Histophilus somni
Haemophilus somnus
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Mycobacterium sp.
Chlamydophila psittici
Pigs Pasteurella sp. Atrophic rhinitis, African swine
Trueperella (Actinomyces) fever, inclusion body rhinitis, porcine
pyogenes reovirus, swine fever
Mycoplasma sp.
Actinobacillus (Haemophilus)
pleuropneumonia
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Horses: Always check for Streptococcus equi (i.e. Strangles African horse sickness, equine
evidence of infection in the and others, S. zooepidemicus) influenza, equine herpes virus
Guttural pouch Rhodococcus equi (especially in
(A space on each side of throat foals)
connected to the pharyngeal Pasteurella sp.
cavity by a narrow opening) Actinobacillus equi
Bordetella sp.
Cryptococcus neoformans
Aspergillus sp.
Pseudomonas sp. (glanders)
Klebsiela sp.
Poultry Haemophilus paragallinarum Newcastle Disease (NCD), virus,
(infectious coryza) infectious
Pasteurella multocida Bronchitis, infectious
(fowl cholera) Laryngotrachietis, fowl
Mycoplasma spp. pox, influenzavirus, avian
Aspergillus spp. paramyxovirus etc.
Dogs and/or cats Bordetella spp. Distemper virus,
Pasteurella spp. Parainfluenza virus
Klebsiella spp.
Nocardia spp.
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cats Chlamydophila spp. Cat flu (calicivirus/ virus), herpes
virus

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