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Experimental production of dermatitis in sheep with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Author(s) -
BURRELL D. H.,
MERRITT G. C.,
WATTS J. E.,
WALKER K. H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1982.tb02759.x
Subject(s) - wool , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , exudate , biology , bacteria , pseudomonas , botany , genetics , history , archaeology
SUMMARY The attachment, to sheep skin, for 4 days, of control wool pads saturated with sterile culture medium which contained a bacteriostat, induced only a mild dermatitis, whereas wool pads saturated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture induced a subacute dermatitis characterised by scaling, microabscess formation and seropurulent exudate. Changes similar to the latter were observed in skin affected by natural fleece‐rot which developed spontaneously after 7 days of artificial wetting and in which P. aeruginosa was the predominant species of bacteria. An exacerbatory, if not causal, role for this organism is suggested in the development of the dermatitis associated with fleece‐rot and in the exudation of seropurulent material, a step essential in the development of body strike.