| mycoplasmosis associated perosis type skeletal deformity in a saker falcon nestling in hungary. | a wild, 3-wk-old saker falcon (falco cherrug) nestling showing uncoordinated movements and a perosis type tarsometatarsus deformity was found abandoned; it was euthanized a week later on 29 may 1997 after an unsuccessful attempt to rehabilitate it. gross pathological findings included congestion of parenchymal organs and a lateral bowing of the left tarsometatarsal bone. histopathology revealed initial interstitial hepatitis, focal catarrhal pneumonia, and dyschondroplasia in the epiphysis of th ... | 1999 | 10479097 |
| 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 |
| american kestrel (falco spaverius) fledgling with severe bilateral periorbital swelling and infection with mycoplasma buteonis, avibacterium (pasteurella) gallinarum, and staphylococcus pasteuri. | abstract: a female american kestrel (falco spaverius) fledgling was found on the ground with a suspected trauma to the right eye and open-mouth breathing. during the first 2 days of hospitalization, the bird developed severe bilateral periorbital cellulitis, blepharoedema, and sinusitis. the periocular tissues of the right globe were devitalized and communicated with a fistula at the commissure of the right side of the beak. the blepharoedema of the left eye was aspirated and yielded a dark colo ... | 2014 | 25115041 |
| the role of mycoplasmas in a conservation project of the lesser kestrel (falco naumanni). | the lesser kestrel (falco naumanni) is one of the most endangered bird species in europe, and a captive breeding and reintroduction project was established. a breeding project is vulnerable to pathogens, e.g., mycoplasmas, reducing the reproductive success and carrying the risk to release pathogens with the birds to the wild. therefore, 18 infertile eggs and 43 dead in shell embryos of the breeding project, as well as 27 nestlings and 34 adult birds of the captive and three different free-rangin ... | 2008 | 19166056 |
| occurrence of mycoplasmas in free-ranging birds of prey in germany. | mycoplasmas are well-known avian pathogens of poultry and some passerines. although reported in birds of prey, their role as pathogens is still unclear. healthy, free-ranging raptor nestlings sampled during a routine ringing (banding) program, and birds of prey from rehabilitation centers, tested positive for mycoplasma spp. by culture and a genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (pcr). given the lack of clinical signs and disease, we suggest that mycoplasmas in raptors may be commensal rather ... | 2008 | 18957640 |
| use of polymerase chain reactions to detect mycoplasma gallisepticum, mycoplasma imitans, mycoplasma iowae, mycoplasma meleagridis and mycoplasma synoviae in birds of prey. | certain mycoplasma spp. are pathogens of poultry, but little is known of the role of mycoplasmas in disease of birds of prey. species-specific polymerase chain reactions (pcrs) for the detection of the poultry pathogens mycoplasma gallisepticum, mycoplasma imitans, mycoplasma iowae, mycoplasma meleagridis and mycoplasma synoviae were therefore evaluated for use in birds of prey. the specificities of the pcr methods were established using avian and other mycoplasmas and also selected walled bacte ... | 2008 | 18661307 |
| 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 |