Prevalence of etiological agents of selected respiratory infections in chicken and turkey farms in the Czech Republic
2012
Lobova, D., Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Kohoutova, L., Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Molinkova, D., Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Rosenbergova, K., Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Kubicek, O., Statni Ustav Jaderne, Chemicke a Biologicke Ochrany, Kamenna (Czech Republic) | Celer, V., Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi
We examined 249 samples of turkeys and chickens from a single rearing house and six fattening farms in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic) in order to provide information on the prevalence of pathogens causing bacterial diseases such as ornithobacteriosis and mycoplasmosis, as well as viral rhinotracheitis and laryngotracheitis. The laboratory diagnosis of these diseases has been performed since January 2008. The samples were examined using the PCR or RT-PCR method. The typing of isolates of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale was done using the M13 fingerprinting method. We established the prevalence of pathogens such as Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, avian metapneumovirus and laryngotracheitis virus.
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