Title
Coinfection of Avibacterium paragallinarum and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale in Chickens from Peru
Date Issued
01 March 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
American Association of Avian Pathologists
Abstract
The coinfection of Avibacterium paragallinarum and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale in two outbreaks of infectious coryza from Peru is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by bacteriologic isolation, PCR testing, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. The susceptibility of the isolates to 12 antimicrobial agents was tested by a disk diffusion method. The isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and florfenicol and were resistant to oxacillin and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. The coinfection of Av. paragallinarum and O. rhinotracheale and the severity of clinical signs were evaluated by experimental infection of specific-pathogen-free chickens. The group inoculated with O. rhinotracheale alone presented minimal clinical signs in 3 of 10 chickens. However, the groups inoculated with both Av. paragallinarum and O. rhinotracheale induced the most-severe clinical signs compared with the group inoculated with Av. paragallinarum alone. In conclusion, coinfections with Av. paragallinarum and O. rhinotracheale may occur, and these outbreaks could be more severe than single infections. Hence, the prevention, control, and diagnosis of Av. paragallinarum with O. rhinotracheale are important in outbreaks of infectious coryza.
Start page
75
End page
78
Volume
60
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84960472119
PubMed ID
Source
Avian Diseases
ISSN of the container
00052086
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