''Mannheimia varigena'' is a bacterial species, predominantly encountered in ruminants and historically classified within the former bacterial Pasteurella haemolytica complex, a group of bacteria involved in
bovine respiratory disease
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most common and economically devastating infectious disease affecting beef cattle in the world. It is a complex, bacterial or viral infection that causes pneumonia in calves which can be fatal. It also aff ...
(BRD) .
It is
pathogenic
In biology, a pathogen (, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ.
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References
Further reading
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*Tefera, G., and J. Smola. "Pasteurella haemolytica complex of Pasteurella sensu stricto as new genus Mannheimia: changes in taxonomy."VETERINARNI MEDICINA-PRAHA- 46.4 (2001): 119–124.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Mannheimia varigena'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pasteurellales
Bacteria described in 1999
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