Incidence of Pasteurella multocida in poultry house cats used for rodent control programs.

ABSTRACT

Cats used as mousers in commercial poultry breeder farms were tested for the presence of Pasteurella multocida. Of the cats tested, 72.7% were positive for P. multocida serotypes common to both farm cats and commercial broiler breeders. Thirty-one percent were type 1, 19% were type 4, and 6% were type 3.4.