Publications

isolation of mycoplasma meleagridis from free-ranging birds of prey in germany.	in this study tracheal swabs and air sac biopsies of 68 raptors of different species that were found injured or debilitated in germany were investigated for the occurrence of mycoplasmas. mycoplasma meleagridis, mycoplasma falconis, mycoplasma buteonis, mycoplasma gypis and five mycoplasma isolates not identified so far could be isolated from 32 (47%) birds. mycoplasma meleagridis could be detected in five birds. these birds did not show clinical signs or histopathological alterations in air sac ...	2000	10780174
updated phylogenetic description of the mycoplasma hominis cluster (weisburg et al. 1989) based on 16s rdna sequences.	the fastidious nature of the mollicutes (mycoplasmas), their lack of a classic bacterial cell wall, and their very small genome, make phylogenetic placements of new species in this enlarging group of prokaryotes an important and valuable aid in their classification. in this report we have determined the phylogeny of the mycoplasma hominis cluster of the hominis group. the 16s rdna sequences from several previously described mycoplasma species were determined and ten species were found to belong ...	2000	10826816
species-specific polymerase chain reactions for the detection of mycoplasma buteonis, mycoplasma falconis, mycoplasma gypis, and mycoplasma corogypsi in captive birds of prey.	mycoplasmas are pathogens of different avian species, but the role of mycoplasma in raptors is not yet completely determined. as mycoplasma isolation and identification present several difficulties, species-specific polymerase chain reactions (pcrs) for the detection of mycoplasmas found in birds of prey (mycoplasma buteonis, mycoplasma corogypsi, mycoplasma falconis, and mycoplasma gypis) were established. the specificity of the pcr methods were investigated using known avian mycoplasma referen ...	2008	18459303
mycoplasmas isolated from stone curlews (burhinus oedicnemus) used in falconry in the united arab emirates.	the aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of transmission of mycoplasma spp. from quarry to hunting falcons in the middle east. groups of 17 houbara bustards (chlamydotis undulata) and 29 stone curlews (burhinus oedicnemus) kept at three different private collections in dubai were evaluated for the presence of mycoplasma. additionally, 10 falcons used for hunting were investigated for comparison. the falcons showed no clinical signs and were examined within the scope of a routine health che ...	2009	19569479
house finch (haemorhous mexicanus) conjunctivitis, and mycoplasma spp. isolated from north american wild birds, 1994-2015.	sampling wild birds for mycoplasma culture has been key to the study of house finch (haemorhous mexicanus) conjunctivitis, yielding isolates of mycoplasma gallisepticum spanning the temporal and geographic ranges of disease from emergence to endemicity. faced with the challenges and costs of sample collection over time and from remote locations for submission to our laboratory for mycoplasma culture, protocols evolved to achieve a practical optimum. herein we report making m. gallisepticum isola ...	2016	27285414