Serum samples and choanal cleft swabs were collected from livetrapped and hunter killed wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from Martin and Bertie counties, North Carolina (USA). Sera were tested for antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae and Mycoplasma meleagridis by hemagglutination inhibition (HI). Sera from 33% (five of 15) of livetrapped turkeys were positive for antibodies to M. gallisepticum by HI, and all were negative for antibodies to M. synoviae and M. meleagridis. Choanal cleft swabs from 22 livetrapped and five hunter killed wild turkeys cultured in Frey's broth medium resulted in 23 mycoplasma isolations. Using direct immunofluorescence, 74% (17/23) were M. gallopavonis, and 26% (six of 23) were unidentified; no isolate was identified as M. gallisepticum, M. synoviae or M. meleagridis.
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1 January 1992
Isolation of Mycoplasma gallopavonis from Free-ranging Wild Turkeys in Coastal North Carolina Seropositive and Culture-negative for Mycoplasma gallisepticum
David T. Cobb,
David H. Ley,
Phillip D. Doerr
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 1
January 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 1
January 1992
culture
Meleagris gallopavo
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
Mycoplasma gallopavonis
mycoplasmosis
serology
survey