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

International audience 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 M. lipofaciens that was isolated from an egg of a Northern...

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Published in:Avian Pathology
Main Authors: Lierz, Michael, Stark, Robert, Hafez, Hafez Mohamed, Brokat, Sebastian
Other Authors: Institute for Poultry Diseases, Free University of Berlin (FU), Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Charite, Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital Berlin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2007
Subjects:
Life Sciences
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Goshawk
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00540072
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00540072/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00540072/file/PEER_stage2_10.1080%252F03079450701213354.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/03079450701213354
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Summary:International audience 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 M. 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.

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