PMID- 17992944
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071212
LR  - 20071112
IS  - 0005-2086 (Print)
IS  - 0005-2086 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Sep
TI  - Pneumonia of turkey breeder hens associated with Mycoplasma synoviae.
PG  - 791-6
AB  - Turkey breeder hens showed an increase in mortality beginning at 38 wk of age 
      with no other clinical signs or changes in egg production. While no respiratory 
      signs were observed in live turkeys, those that died consistently had gross 
      lesions of pneumonia. Histopathology of lungs revealed serofibrinous 
      bronchopneumonia, lymphofollicular reaction, and other features suggesting a 
      bacterial etiology. However, except for incidental findings, bacteria were not 
      visualized in the sections examined, and none were isolated in meaningful numbers 
      on routine bacteriologic media. At 42 wk of age the flock showed serologic 
      evidence of infection with Mycoplasma synoviae (MS), and MS was identified by 
      both mycoplasma culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures in samples 
      from choanal clefts and tracheas. Results of lung histopathology and PCR tests 
      were consistent with a diagnosis of pneumonia caused by MS.
FAU - Osorio, Claudia
AU  - Osorio C
AD  - Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, 
      North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, 
      USA.
FAU - Fletcher, Oscar J
AU  - Fletcher OJ
FAU - Abdul-Aziz, Tahseen
AU  - Abdul-Aziz T
FAU - Gonder, Eric
AU  - Gonder E
FAU - Tilley, Becky
AU  - Tilley B
FAU - Ley, David H
AU  - Ley DH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Avian Dis
JT  - Avian diseases
JID - 0370617
SB  - IM
MH  - Aging
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Lung/pathology
MH  - Mycoplasma Infections/microbiology/pathology/*veterinary
MH  - *Mycoplasma synoviae
MH  - Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology/pathology/*veterinary
MH  - Poultry Diseases/*microbiology/pathology
MH  - *Turkeys
EDAT- 2007/11/13 09:00
MHDA- 2007/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2007/11/13 09:00
PHST- 2007/11/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/11/13 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[791:POTBHA]2.0.CO;2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Avian Dis. 2007 Sep;51(3):791-6. doi: 
      10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[791:POTBHA]2.0.CO;2.