Overview of Mink Immunity and Resistance to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 1

Pathogenicity and infection symptoms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in different species.

Species	Infection disease	Symptom	Reference
Human	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	Breathing difficulty, coughing, wheezing persistently, and producing sputum	[8, 43]
Human	Cystic fibrosis (CF)	Cough persistently, produce thick sputum, wheeze, exercise intolerance, repeated lung infection, inflamed nasal passages, and recurrent sinusitis	[7, 48]
Mink	Hemorrhagic pneumonia	Lung inflammatory consolidation and lung bleeding	[4, 5]
Chicken	Pericarditis	Cough, fever, and heart palpitations	[44]
Horse	Endometritis	Purulent vaginal discharge and an excess of echogenic fluid within the uterine lumen	[45]
Pet	Otitis externa	Head shaking, ear pain and swelling, and ceruminous gland inflammation	[46, 47]