Isolation and characterization of Ornithobacteriun rhinotracheale from respiratory diaseased turkeys

Edgardo Soriano Vargas; Manuel Longinos Garduño; Pomposo Fernández Rosas

2003, Number 3

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Vet Mex 2003; 34 (3)

Isolation and characterization of Ornithobacteriun rhinotracheale from respiratory diaseased turkeys

Soriano VE, Longinos GM, Fernández RP

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Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, a Gram-negative bacterium, was isolated from 8-week-old turkeys with respiratory disease. The flock suffered 30% mortality and the main lesions included pneumonia and liver congestion. Both isolates had a biocode: 0-2-2-0-0-0-4 according to the commercial API 20NE system, and agglutinated chicken glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes. Likewise, isolates were recognized by an antisera raised against a previously typed O. rhinotracheale isolate by plate agglutination and inhibition-hemagglutination tests. Isolates were included in an ERIC-PCR assay, showing the same amplicon patterns that were isolated from two broilers and one layer with O. rhinotracheale. Results obtained indicate that O. rhinotracheale could be an important agent in respiratory disease outbreaks in Mexican turkey farms.

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