Salpingitis in geese associated with Mycoplasma sp. strain 1220

An outbreak of disease in a White Rhine laying goose flock was characterized by increased water uptake, increased mortality, production of eggs with abnormal shells, a 25% drop in egg production and 40% embryo mortality. Affected dead or sacrificed birds had sero-fibrinogranulocytic peritonitis and...

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Published in:Avian pathology 2009-06, Vol.38 (3), p.239-243
Main Authors: Dobos-Kovacs, Mihaly, Varga, Zsuzsanna, Czifra, Gyorgy, Stipkovits, Laszlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Avian flu
disease outbreaks
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
egg production
egg shell quality
Embryology
embryonic mortality
Epidemics
Female
Geese
heterophils
Hungary - epidemiology
lamina propria
Mortality
Mycoplasma
mycoplasmosis
new species
oviductal isthmus
peritoneum
peritonitis
poultry diseases
Poultry Diseases - epidemiology
Poultry Diseases - microbiology
Poultry Diseases - pathology
salpingitis
Salpingitis - epidemiology
Salpingitis - microbiology
Salpingitis - pathology
Salpingitis - veterinary
sero-fibrinogranulocytic peritonitis
uterus
water uptake
Wildfowl
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Summary:An outbreak of disease in a White Rhine laying goose flock was characterized by increased water uptake, increased mortality, production of eggs with abnormal shells, a 25% drop in egg production and 40% embryo mortality. Affected dead or sacrificed birds had sero-fibrinogranulocytic peritonitis and salpingitis, infiltration of the lamina propria in the uterus and heterophil granulocytes in the isthmus and magnum of the oviduct. Mycoplasmas, mainly identified as Mycoplasma sp. strain 1220, were isolated from the airsac, liver, ovary, magnum and peritoneum of some affected geese. Strain 1220 was originally isolated from a Hungarian gander with phallus inflammation and, according to detailed biochemical and serological examinations, it is expected to represent a new avian species within the genus Mycoplasma.
ISSN:0307-9457
1465-3338
DOI:10.1080/03079450902912127