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Airborne-induced experimental Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in strain 13 guineapigs.

Abstract
To evaluate the efficacy of a commercial bacterial vaccine in protecting Strain 13 guineapigs against fatal Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia, it was necessary to establish the infectivity and disease pathogenesis induced by virulent organisms. When guineapigs were exposed to small-particle aerosols of varying concentrations of virulent B. bronchiseptica, a spectrum of disease was produced that ranged from inapparent illness to fulminant bronchopneumonia. Clinical signs began by day 4 after exposure, and were evidenced by anorexia, weight loss, respiratory distress and serous to purulent nasal discharge. Pathological alterations were limited to the respiratory system. Moribund animals exhibited a suppurative necrotizing bronchopneumonia and necrotizing tracheitis. In animals that survived the challenge, the bacteria were eliminated from the lungs by day 28 but continued to persist in the laryngeal area and the trachea. The median infectious dose and the median lethal dose were estimated to be 4 colony-forming units (CFU) and 1314 CFU respectively. These data suggest that the guineapig will be a valuable model system in which to study interactions between Bordetella species and host cells as well as to evaluate potential B. bronchiseptica immunogens.
AuthorsC J Trahan, E H Stephenson, J W Ezzell, W C Mitchell
JournalLaboratory animals (Lab Anim) Vol. 21 Issue 3 Pg. 226-32 (Jul 1987) ISSN: 0023-6772 [Print] England
PMID3626470 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Air Microbiology
  • Animals
  • Bordetella Infections (transmission, veterinary)
  • Bronchopneumonia (microbiology, transmission, veterinary)
  • Female
  • Guinea Pigs (microbiology)

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