infection: coordinate with PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA (IM), MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA (IM) or HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS (IM) only if particularly discussed; if in cows, check the tag CATTLE; if in other animas, coordinate with precoordinated animal/disease term (IM) + specific animal (NIM) or specific animal (IM) if there is no precoordinated animal/disease term
Scope Note
Bovine respiratory disease found in animals that have been shipped or exposed to CATTLE recently transported. The major agent responsible for the disease is MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA and less commonly, PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA or HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS. All three agents are normal inhabitants of the bovine nasal pharyngeal mucosa but not the LUNG. They are considered opportunistic pathogens following STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL and/or a viral infection. The resulting bacterial fibrinous BRONCHOPNEUMONIA is often fatal.
Entry Term(s)
Shipping Fever
Public MeSH Note
91; was SHIPPING FEVER see under PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS 1963-90
Online Note
Use PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC to search SHIPPING FEVER 1975-90; use PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS 1966-74
History Note
91; was SHIPPING FEVER see under PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS 1963-90
Bovine respiratory disease found in animals that have been shipped or exposed to CATTLE recently transported. The major agent responsible for the disease is MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA and less commonly, PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA or HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS. All three agents are normal inhabitants of the bovine nasal pharyngeal mucosa but not the LUNG. They are considered opportunistic pathogens following STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL and/or a viral infection. The resulting bacterial fibrinous BRONCHOPNEUMONIA is often fatal.
