Four Pasteurella multocida capsule serotype F strains were isolated in this lab by using blood agar and PCR method from 222 lungs and 180 tonsils of slaughtered pigs in Hunan province during June 2015 to March 2016. 23 virulence-associated genes harboured in those 4 isolates were positive of virulence-associated genes of ptfA, pfhA, fimA, sodA, sodC, ompA, ompH, oma87, plpB, exbB, exbD, tonB, hgbA, Fur, nanH, hsf-1 and hsf-2 detected by PCR. Pathogenic test showed that all of the mice died after 60 hrs when inoculated intraperitoneally with the isolates at dose of 4 cfu, 5 cfu, 11 cfu and 17 c...