Cecal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in commercial turkeys

H L Shivaprasad; G. E. Duhamel

doi:10.1637/7383-052005.1

Cecal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in commercial turkeys

H L Shivaprasad, G. E. Duhamel

California Animal Health & Food Safety Lab

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Abstract

Spirochetes that were identified as Brachyspira pilosicoli were present in the ceca of 7.5- to 18-wk-old turkeys with cecal spirochetosis and typhlitis. The identity of B. pilosicoli was confirmed on the basis of ultrastructural morphology of the cecal epithelium adherent microbes, immunohistochemical staining with a Brachyspira genus-specific monoclonal antibody, and amplification of a B. pilosicoli species-specific 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs gene) sequence by using the polymerase chain reaction and DNA obtained by laser-capture microdissection of the epithelium-adherent microbial fringe. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of B. pilosicoli in the ceca of turkeys.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	609-613
Number of pages	5
Journal	Avian Diseases
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1637/7383-052005.1
State	Published - Dec 2005

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Keywords

Brachyspira pilosicoli
Ceca
Pathology
PCR
Turkeys

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology
Cancer Research
veterinary(all)

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Shivaprasad, H. L., & Duhamel, G. E. (2005). Cecal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in commercial turkeys. Avian Diseases, 49(4), 609-613. https://doi.org/10.1637/7383-052005.1

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