Catry B, Opsomer G, Decostere A, Feyen B, de Kruif A, Haesebrouck F
Department of Obstetrics, Reproduction and Herd Health, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, BE-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Res Vet Sci. 2004 Dec;77(3):187-8. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.04.002.
Mannheimia varigena was identified as the etiologic agent of meningitis in a young Belgian White Blue heifer calf. Species identification of the bacterium was done by phenotyping and molecularly confirmed by tDNA-PCR. Standard bacteriological examination might fail to differentiate species belonging to the genus Mannheimia.