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1 December 2005 Cecal Spirochetosis Caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in Commercial Turkeys
H. L. Shivaprasad, G. E. Duhamel
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Abstract

Spirochetes that were identified as Brachyspira pilosicoli were present in the ceca of 7.5- to 18-wk-old turkeys with cecal spirochetosis and typhlitis. The identity of B. pilosicoli was confirmed on the basis of ultrastructural morphology of the cecal epithelium adherent microbes, immunohistochemical staining with a Brachyspira genus-specific monoclonal antibody, and amplification of a B. pilosicoli species-specific 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs gene) sequence by using the polymerase chain reaction and DNA obtained by laser-capture microdissection of the epithelium-adherent microbial fringe. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of B. pilosicoli in the ceca of turkeys.

H. L. Shivaprasad and G. E. Duhamel "Cecal Spirochetosis Caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in Commercial Turkeys," Avian Diseases 49(4), 609-613, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1637/7383-052005.1
Received: 20 May 2005; Accepted: 1 July 2005; Published: 1 December 2005
KEYWORDS
bp = base pair
Brachyspira pilosicoli
ceca
FFPE = formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded
H&E = hematoxylin and eosin
HEV = hemorrhagic enteritis virus
HI = hemagglutination inhibition
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