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A model to study the adherence ofPasteurella multocida to porcine upper respiratory tract cells is described. The ability of 27 differentP. multocida isolates to adhere to isolated tracheal epithelial cells was examined. The mean number of adherent bacterial cells was significantly greater (p<0.005) for capsular type A cells than for capsular type D cells. No significant differences were observed between toxigenic and nontoxigenic isolates, or between isolates exhibiting different somatic antigens. However, isolates from pigs without atrophic rhinitis showed only 65% of the adherence of isolates from pigs with atrophic rhinitis. Adherence ofP. multocida to porcine tracheal cells decreased with animal age; adherence to cells from adults was only half of the adherence to cells from newborn animals. The data indicate that, in the present experimental conditions, theP. multocida strains tested possess different abilities to attach to porcine upper respiratory tract cells.
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Jacques, M. Adherence ofPasteurella multocida to porcine upper respiratory tract cells. Current Microbiology 15, 115–119 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01589373
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