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

• 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

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.