Control of Acute Bordetella Bronchiseptica Pneumonia in A Guinea-Pig Colony

Woode, G. N.; McLeod, Nathan

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“…Nakagawa (1969) describes the respiratory disease produced by Bb in guinea pigs as being low virulent with little or no mortality [7]. Others describe epizootic outbreaks with high virulence and mortality [6,8]. As we will see later, there are several factors that may influence these discrepancies, including the bacterial strain.…”

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“…Transmission of the disease among guinea pigs requires close contact; by aerosols, nasal secretions and fomites [5,8]. Susceptibility is greatest in young animals and incubation period was founded to be of 5-7 days [6,7].…”

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“…Animals recovering from the disease may be asymptomatic carriers, being immunized but also representing a source of infection for other animals [8,[16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Bordetella Bronchiseptica Vaccines in Pet Guinea Pigs? A Review of the Literature

Gallego¹

2017

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Bordetella bronchiseptica causes severe respiratory disease in guinea pigs and it has been associated with stillbirths, abortions, infertility and infections of the reproductive system and tympanic bullae. Disease caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica in pet guinea pigs is mostly a poor understood disease; studies about this pathogen has been conducted mostly in laboratory guinea pigs. The objective of this review is to condense published information about the disease caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica in guinea pigs for the veterinarian who attends pet guinea pigs, with special emphasis on the prevention of this disease. The author concludes that vaccination in pet guinea pigs against Bordetella bronchiseptica needs to be considered for future studies. Received PathogenyBordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is a gram-negative rod that has tropism for the ciliated respiratory epithelium. Infected pet guinea pigs can eliminate the bacteria, become asymptomatic carriers or develop the disease. The pet guinea pigs that develop the disease usually are attended at the veterinary clinic showing nasal and ocular discharge, respiratory sounds and dyspnea; the inappetence and lethargy indicate a poor prognosis. The diagnosis and treatment is based on deep nasal culture and antibiogram. Guinea pigs that have contact with the diseased guinea pig should be separated and occurrence of clinical signs should be monitorized at least until the diseased guinea pig has been cured. It is good practice to perform x-rays of the head and chest of the guinea pigs that are in contact with the diseased ones because a subclinical or early-stage disease can be detected [1][2][3].Bordetella bronchiseptica causes severe respiratory disease in guinea pigs, firstly described at the end of the 19th century [4] (Figure 1). Stillbirths, abortions, infertility and infections of the reproductive system can occur if haematonous spread of the bacteria develops; also the tympanic bullae may contain purulent exudates in affected animals due to ascending infection [1,5,6] (Figure 2,3). The incidence of Bb in a colony is usually 20% lower in laboratory animals if no action is taken, but this incidence is unknown in guinea pigs [7]. Disease caused by Bb in pet guinea pigs is mostly a poor understood disease because what is known of the disease is mostly by studies conducted in laboratory guinea pigs, and not in pet guinea pigs [1][2][3].

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Bordetella Bronchiseptica Vaccines in Pet Guinea Pigs? A Review of the Literature

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2017

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“…Confirmatory tests used are motility and the alkalinisation of certain amides as described by Pickett & Pedersen (I970a,b). When specimens are specifically examined for the presence of B. bronchiseptica a selective medium may be used (Woode & McLeod, 1967). This is not practicable when large numbers of specimens are being examined for a wide range of organisms.…”

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Problems associated with the indentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica

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Simmons

1976

Lab Anim

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Bordetella bronchiseptica, isolated from rodent nasopharygeal swabs, failed to produce characteristic colonies after 24 hours incubation at 37 degrees C. 4-7 days incubation at 37 degrees C was required to achieve positive motility test results, when isolates later identified as B. bronchiseptica were tested by Craigie tube and soft agar stab methods. The biochemical tests used to identify suspected B. bronchiseptica are specified.

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“…μώξεων των χοίρων, ΐγδοχοίρων, ινδιάνων 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 και ώς δευτερεύων νοσογόνος παράγων της νόσου τοϋ Carré τών κυνών 1 , 4 , 10 , 11 • Έξ άλλου αναφέρονται περιπτώσεις προσβολής ανθρώπων (σπάνιαι όμως) εκ της Bord, bronchiseptica 1 , 13 , 14 . Οί περισσότεροι τών συγγραφέων συμφωνούν οτι πρόκειται περί σαπροφύτου τοΰ αναπνευστικού 4 , 6 , 9 , 11 και μόνον κατόπιν παρεμβάσεως προ διαθετόντων παραγόντων, ώς εντονον ψϋχος, υπερβολική υγρασία, ρεύ ματα αέρος κ.ά., καθίσταται παθογόνον.…”

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Enzoohc on a Rabbit Stock - Farm Caused by Bordetella Bronchiseptica

Βογιαζασ¹

1972

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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Control of Acute Bordetella Bronchiseptica Pneumonia in A Guinea-Pig Colony

Cited by 13 publications

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Bordetella Bronchiseptica Vaccines in Pet Guinea Pigs? A Review of the Literature

Bordetella Bronchiseptica Vaccines in Pet Guinea Pigs? A Review of the Literature

Problems associated with the indentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica

Enzoohc on a Rabbit Stock - Farm Caused by Bordetella Bronchiseptica

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