PMID- 29053429
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180928
LR  - 20181001
IS  - 1943-3700 (Electronic)
IS  - 0090-3558 (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - HOUSE FINCH ( HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS)-ASSOCIATED MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM 
      IDENTIFIED IN LESSER GOLDFINCH ( SPINUS PSALTRIA) AND WESTERN SCRUB JAY ( 
      APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA) USING STRAIN-SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE PCR.
PG  - 180-185
LID - 10.7589/2017-04-079 [doi]
AB  - :  In 1994 Mycoplasma gallisepticum was found to be the etiologic agent of House 
      Finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus) conjunctivitis, a rapidly expanding epidemic caused 
      by a genetically discrete, House Finch-associated strain of M. gallisepticum 
      (HFMG). While most prominent in House Finches, HFMG has been reported in other 
      members of the family Fringillidae, including American Goldfinches ( Spinus 
      tristis), Purple Finches ( Haemorhous purpureus), Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola 
      enucleator), and Evening Grosbeaks ( Coccothraustes vespertinus). Herein we 
      report two new potential host species of HFMG strain, the Lesser Goldfinch ( 
      Spinus psaltria), belonging to the Fringillidae family, and the Western 
      (California) Scrub Jay ( Aphelocoma californica), belonging to the Corvidae 
      family. The latter is one of only two reports of HFMG being found outside the 
      Fringillidae family, and of these is the only one reported outside of captivity. 
      Furthermore, non-HFMG M. gallisepticum was identified in an American Crow ( 
      Corvus brachyrhynchos), indicating presence of additional strains in wild birds. 
      Strain typing of M. gallisepticum isolates was done via HFMG-specific 
      quantitative PCR analysis and validated using random amplified polymorphic DNA 
      analysis. Our results suggested an expanded host range of HFMG strain, and 
      further suggested that the host range of HFMG was not limited to members of the 
      family Fringillidae.
FAU - Allen, Catherine R
AU  - Allen CR
AD  - 1 Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for 
      Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, 61 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3089, 
      Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
FAU - Mara, Arlind
AU  - Mara A
AD  - 1 Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for 
      Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, 61 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3089, 
      Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
FAU - Tulman, Edan R
AU  - Tulman ER
AD  - 1 Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for 
      Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, 61 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3089, 
      Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
FAU - Ley, David H
AU  - Ley DH
AD  - 2 Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary 
      Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, 
      North Carolina 27607, USA.
FAU - Geary, Steven J
AU  - Geary SJ
AD  - 1 Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for 
      Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, 61 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3089, 
      Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20171020
PL  - United States
TA  - J Wildl Dis
JT  - Journal of wildlife diseases
JID - 0244160
RN  - 0 (DNA, Bacterial)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Bird Diseases/*microbiology
MH  - DNA, Bacterial/genetics
MH  - Mycoplasma Infections/microbiology/*veterinary
MH  - Mycoplasma gallisepticum/genetics/*isolation & purification
MH  - *Passeriformes
MH  - Polymerase Chain Reaction/*methods
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Corvidae
OT  - House Finch
OT  - Lesser Goldfinch
OT  - Mycoplasma gallisepticum
OT  - RAPD
OT  - Western Scrub Jay
OT  - mycoplasmal conjunctivitis
OT  - qPCR
EDAT- 2017/10/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/10/03 06:00
CRDT- 2017/10/21 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.7589/2017-04-079 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Wildl Dis. 2018 Jan;54(1):180-185. doi: 10.7589/2017-04-079. Epub 2017 Oct 20.