Publications

ornithobacterium rhinotracheale north american field isolates express a hemolysin-like protein.	ornithobacterium rhinotracheale is a gram-negative bacterium responsible for the sporadic outbreaks of airsacculitis in poultry, accounting for millions of dollars in losses to the poultry industry annually. although the organism was originally classified as non-beta-hemolytic, recent north american field isolates of o. rhinotracheale obtained from pneumonic lungs and air sacs indicated hemolytic activity on blood agar plates upon extended incubation for 48 hr at room temperature in air after in ...	2010	20945779
use of ovotransferrin as an antimicrobial in turkeys naturally infected with chlamydia psittaci, avian metapneumovirus and ornithobacterium rhinotracheale.	respiratory pathogens are difficult to control in large-scale turkey production. this report describes a clinical trial of antimicrobial ovotf aerosol on a large belgian turkey farm. ovotf was administered to reduce chlamydia psittaci (c. psittaci) infections and to study the impact of this action on the occurrence of ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (o. rhinotracheale) and avian metapneumovirus (ampv) infections. two subsequent broods were included; (i) a control brood receiving no ovotf and (ii ...	2011	21885218