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9 January 2017 Prevalence of Taxa of Pasteurellaceae Among Populations of Healthy Captive Psittacine Birds
M. Bisgaard, Di Xin, M. F. Bertelsen, A. M. Bojesen, H. Christensen
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Abstract

Sixty-two strains of Pasteurellaceae-like bacteria were isolated from the tracheas of 87 clinically healthy psittacine birds in two Danish zoos. The isolates were identified by a combination of rpoB and 16S rRNA gene sequencing and by matrix-assisted laser desorption–ionization time of flight. Twenty-eight strains belonged to the genus Volucribacter or were related to this genus and to the unnamed taxon 34 of Bisgaard, and 28 strains were related to the unnamed taxon 44 of Bisgaard. Four strains were identified as Pasteurella multocida, two isolates were classified with the related taxon 45 of Bisgaard, and a single isolate was classified as Pasteurella sp. The investigation documented an unrecognized reservoir of rarely reported and unclassified or unnamed species of Pasteurellaceae-like bacteria in psittacine birds. The results were in accordance with a recent report on isolation of Pasteurellaceae from diseased psittacine birds, and the investigation documented that the same taxa of Pasteurellaceae-like bacteria can be isolated from apparently healthy birds as well as from diseased birds.

M. Bisgaard, Di Xin, M. F. Bertelsen, A. M. Bojesen, and H. Christensen "Prevalence of Taxa of Pasteurellaceae Among Populations of Healthy Captive Psittacine Birds," Avian Diseases 61(1), 102-106, (9 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1637/11522-103016-Reg
Received: 3 November 2016; Accepted: 1 December 2016; Published: 9 January 2017
KEYWORDS
MALDI-TOF
rpoB
taxon 44 of Bisgaard
Volucribacter psittacicida
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