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PASTEURELLOSES 



bacterium of fowl cholera, first described by Pasteur. Trevisan 

 gave the generic name Pasteurella to this group of organisms. 

 Hueppe designated them under the heading of Bacillus septi- 

 cemiae hemorrhagicae. He seems to have taken for his type 

 the bacillus of schweineseuche of I^oeffler and Schiitz. 



In order to simplify the nomenclature, Lignieres has 

 grouped the diseases caused by the Pasteurella Trev. as indi- 

 cated below. This plan was adopted by Nocard and Leclainche. 

 I. Pasteurellose of birds. Fowl cholera. 



Pasteurellose of rabbits. Rabbit .septicemia. 

 Pasteurellose of guinea-pigs. 

 Pasteurellose of wild animals. Wildseuche. 

 Pasteurellose of sheep. Pneumo-enteritis of sheep. 

 Pasteurellose of goats. Infectious pneumonia. 

 Pasteurellose of cattle. Septicemia hemorrhagica, 

 septic pleuro-pneumonia of calves, 

 diarrhea of calves (white scours) and 

 enteque (a disease of cattle in Argen- 

 tine Republic, characterized by a state 

 of progressive cachexia.) 

 Pasteurellose of buffalo. Barbone, an infectious dis- 

 ease of bufifalo characterized by acute 

 fever and edematous engorgement of 

 various organs. 

 Pasteurellose of swine. Swine plague. 

 Pasteurellose of horses. Infectious pneumonia or 

 typhoid fever of horses. 

 II. Pasteurellose of dogs. Maladie des chiens (distemper) 

 and typhus du chien (malady of Stutt- 

 gart, hemorrhagic gastro-enteritis. ) 

 The very interesting and far reaching findings of Lig- 

 nieres relative to the distribution of this genus of bacteria and 

 the diseases produced by its different species are worthy of 

 careful consideration. If his results are verified, this grouping 

 will do much to simplify both the nomenclature and the de- 



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