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              Clinico-pathology, hematology, and biochemistry responses toward
              Pasteurella multocida Type B: 2 via oral and subcutaneous 
              route of infections - 
              Eric Lim Teik Chung, 
              Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah, Lawan Adamu, Ali Dhiaa Marza, Hayder 
              Hamzah Ibrahim, Mohd Zamri-Saad, Abdul Wahid Haron, Abdul Aziz 
              Saharee, Mohd Azmi Mohd Lila, Abdul Rahman Omar, Md Zuki Abu Bakar 
              and Mohd Jefri Norsidin 
              
              Veterinary World, 8(6): 783-792   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              10.14202/vetworld.2015.783-792   Eric 
              Lim Teik Chung: 
              Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary 
              Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; eric88lim@gmail.com Faez 
              Firdaus Jesse Abdullah: 
              Department of 
              Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 
              Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; 
              Department of Ruminant Disease, Research Centre for Ruminant 
              Disease, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; 
              jesseariasamy@gmail.com Lawan 
              Adamu: Department 
              of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 
              Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; 
              Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 
              University of Maiduguri, PMB1069, Borno State, Nigeria; 
              drlawan3758@yahoo.com Ali 
              Dhiaa Marza: 
              Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary 
              Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of 
              Veterinary Medicine, Al-Qasim Green University, Iraq; 
              ali.alhashimi471969@yahoo.com Hayder 
              Hamzah Ibrahim: 
              Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary 
              Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Technical Institute 
              Babil, Al Furat Alawast Technical University, Iraq; 
              altee.hayder@yahoo.com Mohd 
              Zamri-Saad: 
              Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of 
              Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, 
              Selangor, Malaysia; 
              mzamri@upm.edu.my Abdul 
              Wahid Haron: 
              Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary 
              Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; Department of Ruminant Disease, Research Centre for 
              Ruminant Disease, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, 
              Selangor, Malaysia; wahidh@upm.edu.my Abdul 
              Aziz Saharee: 
              Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary 
              Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, 
              Malaysia; abdaziz@upm.edu.my Mohd 
              Azmi Mohd Lila: 
              Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of 
              Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, 
              Selangor, Malaysia; 
              azmi@upm.edu.my Abdul 
              Rahman Omar: 
              Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of 
              Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, 
              Selangor, Malaysia; 
              aro@upm.edu.my Md Zuki 
              Abu Bakar: 
              Department of Preclinical, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 
              Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; 
              zuki@upm.edu.my Mohd 
              Jefri Norsidin: Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, 
              Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 
              Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
              jaretguli@gmail.com   Received: 
              04-03-2015, Revised: 20-05-2015, Accepted: 26-05-2015, Published 
              online: 24-06-2015   
              
              
              Corresponding author: 
              Faez Firdaus Jesse 
              Abdullah, e-mail: jesseariasamy@gmail.com 
 
              Citation:Chung ELT, Abdullah 
              FFJ, Adamu L, Marza AD, Ibrahim H, Zamri-Saad M, Haron AW, Saharee 
              AA, Lila MAM, Omar AR, Bakar MZA, Norsidin MJ, Clinico-pathology, 
              hematology and biochemistry responses towards pasteurella 
              multocida Type B:2 via oral and subcutaneous route of 
              infections, Veterinary World 8(6):783-792. 
 
              Abstract 
 
              Background: Pasteurella multocida a Gram-negative 
              bacterium has been identified as the causative agent of many 
              economically important diseases in a wide range of hosts. 
              Hemorrhagic septicemia is a disease caused by P. multocida 
              serotype B:2 and E:2. The organism causes acute, a highly fatal 
              septicemic disease with high morbidity and mortality in cattle and 
              more susceptible in buffaloes. Therefore, the aim of this study 
              was to investigate the clinical signs, blood parameters, post 
              mortem and histopathology changes caused by P. multocida 
              Type B:2 infections initiated through the oral and subcutaneous 
              routes. 
              Methods: Nine buffalo heifers were divided equally into 3 
              treatment groups. Group 1 was inoculated orally with 10 ml of 
              phosphate buffer saline; Groups 2 and 3 were inoculated with 10 ml 
              of 1012 colony forming unit of P. 
              multocida Type B:2 subcutaneously and orally respectively. 
              Results: There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in 
              temperature between the subcutaneous and the control group. The 
              results revealed significant differences (p<0.05) in erythrocytes, 
              hemoglobin, packed cell volume, leukocytes, monocytes, and A: G 
              ratio between the subcutaneous and the control group. Furthermore, 
              there were significant differences (p<0.05) in leukocytes, band 
              neutrophils, segmented neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, 
              basophils, thrombocytes, plasma protein, icterus index, gamma 
              glutamyl tranferase and A: G ratio between the oral and the 
              control group. The post mortem lesions of the subcutaneous group 
              buffaloes showed generalized hyperemia, congestion and hemorrhage 
              of the immune organs, gastrointestinal tract organs and vital 
              organs. The oral group buffaloes showed mild lesions in the lung 
              and liver. Histologically, there were significant differences 
              (p<0.05) in hemorrhage and congestion; necrosis and degeneration; 
              inflammatory cells infiltration; and edema in between the groups.
               
              Conclusion: This study was a proof that oral route infection 
              of P. multocida Type B:2 can be used to stimulate host cell 
              responses where oral vaccine through feed can be developed in the 
              near future.  
              Keywords: buffalo heifers, clinico-pathology, 
              hematology and biochemistry responses, oral route, Pasteurella 
              multocida Type B:2, subcutaneous route. 
 
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