RECOVERY OF PASTEURELLA-HEMOLYTICA FROM AEROSOLS AT DIFFERING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 41  (2) , 211-214
Abstract
A P. haemolytica suspension with fetal calf serum was aerosolized in a standard system with ambient temperature of 30 or 2.degree. C and relative humidity conditions of 90 or 60%. The number of organisms sprayed in 5 min and the number recovered from 1/3 of the aerosol during these 5 min was determined. Recoveries were influenced by temperature difference between aerosol and collecting fluid. Recoveries ranged from 0.059-0.94%. [This has relevance for pulmonary infection of calves via aerosol in experimental studies.].