Isolation of Mycoplasma bovis from broiler chickens in Turkey |
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| Authors: | Hasan Ongor Recep Kalin Murat Karahan Burhan Cetinkaya Laura McAuliffe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Microbiology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat , 23119 , Elazig , Turkey;2. Mycoplasma Group, Department of Statutory and Exotic Bacterial Diseases , Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge) , Woodham Lane, Addlestone , Surrey , KT15 3NB , UK |
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| Abstract: | Mycoplasma bovis normally affects cattle, in which it causes pneumonia in calves, mastitis, arthritis and other diseases. In the present article we report the isolation of this bovine pathogen from the tracheas of broiler chickens with no clinical signs. The most probable source of infection was the cattle herd sharing the farm with the chickens. |
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