Dr. Ashish RoyMAYURKUMAR P. BHIMANI2017-05-012017-05-012013http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810010346The present study was undertaken with a view of isolation and identification of P. multocida from suspected cases of fowl cholera in different avian species. A total of 312 samples were collected from suspected cases, of which 24 (7.69%) P. multocida isolates (22 from emu and 2 from chicken) were isolated using blood agar as primary culture medium. These isolates were studied for their biochemical behaviour, in vitro antibiotic sensitivity pattern, P. multocida species specific PCR (PM-PCR), molecular characterization by multiplex PCR assay for capsular typing and detection of various virulence associated genes by PCR.enVeterinary MicrobiologyStudyThesis