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J Wildl Dis.: mycoplasma sturni from a California
house finch with conjunctivitis did not cause disease in experimentally
infected house finches.
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| Article Type: | Report |
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Conjunctivitis
(Causes of) Conjunctivitis (Research) Mycoplasma diseases in animals (Research) Finches (Health aspects) Finches (Research) Sparrows (Health aspects) Sparrows (Research) |
| Authors: |
Ley, D.H. Anderson, N. Dhondt, K.V. |
| Pub Date: | 09/01/2010 |
| Publication: | Name: Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery Publisher: Association of Avian Veterinarians Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2010 Association of Avian Veterinarians ISSN: 1082-6742 |
| Issue: | Date: Sept, 2010 Source Volume: 24 Source Issue: 3 |
| Topic: | Event Code: 310 Science & research |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: California Geographic Code: 1U9CA California |
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| Accession Number: | 252087209 |
| Full Text: |
Mycoplasma gallisepticum conjunctivitis emerged in 1994 as a
disease of free-ranging house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) in North
America and has also been isolated from other songbirds with
conjunctivitis. A key feature for the successful study of natural and
experimental disease has been the apparent, very-high correlation
between characteristic eye lesions and M. gallisepticum. Mycoplasma
sturni was originally isolated from an adult European starling (Sturnus
vulgaris) with bilateral conjunctivitis and has since been reported in a
relatively small number of other avian species, but not in house
finches. We identified as M. sturni a mycoplasma isolate from a
California house finch with conjunctivitis. However, experimental
infection of house finches with the M. sturni isolate failed to
reproduce the disease. Therefore, M. gallisepticum remains the primary
known cause of conjunctivitis in house finches. 2010;46:994-999. |
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