Isolation and Identification of Pasteurella multocida from Sheep & Goat in Iran

This study has been carried out with the objective of isolation and identification of agent(s) of pasteurella pneumonia in sheep and goat in Iran using bacteriological and biochemical assays to be identified in the pursuant researches to be used in pasteurellosis vaccine production. To accomplish this objective, samples were gathered from areas suspicious to pasteurellosis infection and industrial abbatoirs according to clinical and autopsy symptoms from eight provinces of Bushehr, Esfahan, Kerman, Kohgilooyeh & Boyr Ahmad, Fars, Qom, Tehran and Qazvin in a period from spring ۲۰۰۸ to spring ۲۰۱۱. Samples were different in sort due to the existent condition but generally were comprised of palatine tonsil swabs or blood samples taken from jugular vein in live animals and lungs or upper respiratory tract lymph glands in dead or slaughtered animals. Totally, ۱۴۵۴ samples (۱۱۲۰ samples of sheep, ۳۳۴ samples of goat composed if ۱۰۸۴ samples of live animals and ۳۷۰ samples of dead or slaughterd animals) were tested. Considering results obtained from assays, only ۵۴ samples (۳.۷۱%) were assessed as being pasteurella, genus of which was totally identified as multocida.