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Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma lipofaciens strain ML64, isolated from an egg of a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), for chicken embryos (2007)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Lierz, M.

Stark, R.

Brokat, S.

Hafez, H. M.

Quelle

Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A

Bandzählung: 36

Heftzählung: 2

Seiten: 151 – 153

ISSN: 0307-9457

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

Pubmed: 17479376

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 15
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Some Mycoplasma species are well-known avian pathogens and are of importance in poultry breeder flocks due to their pathogenic potential for embryos. Mycoplasmas are regularly detected in birds of prey, and a strain of Mycoplasma lipofaciens that was isolated from an egg of a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) was examined for its pathogenicity in specific pathogen free chicken embryos since birds of prey eggs were not available for this purpose. The strain was found to be pathogenic, causing a high mortality as well as dwarfing, curled toes and infiltrations of heterophils in the liver, kidney, intestine and chorioallantoic membrane.