| Literature DB >> 18963600 |
Caroline Van Droogenbroeck1, Delphine S A Beeckman, Kristel Verminnen, Maja Marien, Hans Nauwynck, Leopold de Thibault de Boesinghe, Daisy Vanrompay.
Abstract
Two groups of five 1-day-old conventional turkeys were housed in negative pressure stables to become experimentally infected with Avian Metapneumovirus (aMPV) and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) at the age of 3 weeks. However, during the first 2 weeks, turkeys started to show respiratory disease characterized by rhinitis and dyspnoea. Routine bacterial and viral diagnoses remained negative. Therefore, pharyngeal swabs from the turkeys and from the veterinary scientist handling the animals were examined for the presence of Chlamydophila (C.) psittaci by using a combination of cell culture, nested PCR and ompA genotype-specific quantitative real-time PCR, as well as by serology. Results revealed simultaneous transmission of C. psittaci outer membrane protein A (ompA) genotypes D, F and E/B from infected turkeys to the veterinary scientist.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18963600 DOI： 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Microbiol ISSN： 0378-1135 Impact factor: 3.293