Tag: Pasteurellosis

  • Pasteurella

    Pasteurella

    The genus Pasteurella is so designated in honor of Louis Pasteur, whose work on the “fowl cholera” VHS decimating flocks, led in 1880 to the first anti-bacterial vaccination. I – CLASSIFICATION: The Pasteurellaceae family includes the generaPasteurella, Haemophilus and Actinobacillus. Recent taxonomic work based on DNA / DNA hybridization experiments lead one hand to assign…