PASTUERELLA MULTOCEDA

🔆PASTUERELLA MULTOCEDA

 

• In the News: Recently, the death of six elephants at  

Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi due to a  

bacterium has raised concern among the  

environmental experts.

 

◾️About:

 

• It is a common bacteria found in the respiratory tract  of herbivores, especially in cattle.

 

• It multiplies rapidly and moves from the

respiratory  tract to the bloodstream only in times of stress in the  animal, or when the animal has low immunity or is  unhealthy.

 

• It causes diarrhoea and often haemorrhagic 

 septicemia.

 

• It is a small,

gram-negative, non-motile, non–spore- forming coccobacillus with bipolar staining features.

 

• It can cause a zoonotic infection in humans, which  

typically is a result of bites or scratches from  

domestic pets.