[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "CHARACTERIZATION OF PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA IN DIFFERENT EGYPTIAN CHICKEN FLOCKS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "WafaaA.AbdEl-Ghany",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "andAliZ.Qandoos",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2018]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "28",
  "issue": "6",
  "page": "1693-1700",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "Inthepresentstudy,phenotypicandgenotypiccharacterizationof Pasteurella multocida(P. multocida)strainsfrom differentEgyptianlayersandbreederschickenflockswascarriedout.Organswerecollectedfrom55chickensflocks represented39layersand16broilersandlayersbreedersinEgyptduringtheperiod2016-2017.Sixbirdsweretakenfrom eachsuspectedflockwithatotalnumber330birdsthatrepresenting234and96freshlydeadlayersandbreederschickens, respectively.Suspectedorganscontaining P. multocidaweresubjectedforisolationandidentificationoftheorganism,as wellastestingofpathogenicityinmice.Moreover,genotypiccharacterizationof P. multocidaisolatewasdoneusing PolymeraseChainReaction(PCR).Capsularandsomatictypingwasdone.Thephenotypicandgenotypiccharacterization resultsrevealedthat6flockswerepositivefor P. multocidaoutof55ones(10.9%).Outof330deadchickens,36(10.9%) werepositivefor P. multocida.All P. multocidastrainswerepathogenicformice.Capsulartypingof P. multocidausing multiplexPCRshowedthatallstrainsweretypeA,whilesomatictypingrevealedpresenceoftypes1and3.Itcouldbe concludedthat P. multocidaiscirculatinginlayersandbreederchickenflocksinEgyptcreatingsevereeconomiclosses. multocida,PCRisused(Townsend et al.,1998,Sellyei et",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-621"
}]