Clinical Investigation of the Pathogenicity of Pasteurella multocida Isolated from Cattle in Egypt Regarding its Effect on Hematological, Biochemical, and Oxidant-Antioxidant Biomarkers as well as Proinflammatory Cytokines and Acute Phase Proteins

Abstract

P asteurella multocida is a zoonotic Gram-negative bacterium of global distribution associated with economic losses in animal production (Steen et al., 2010). It causes hemorrhagic septicemia, fowl cholera, atrophic rhinitis, and snuffles in bovids, birds, swines, and rabbits, respectively (Moustafa et al., 2015). Hemorrhagic septicemia is a