Experimental infection of ducklings with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma anatis.
Two groups of day-old ducklings were infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M anatis respectively by air sac inoculation. Clinical disease was not produced but air sacculitis was produced by both infections. M gallisepticum could be recovered readily from respiratory tissue 10 and 30 days after infections but RSA tests were negative. M anatis was not reisolated from these tissues or from the cloaca but a positive RSA test was observed on the serum of a few ducklings.
D000400:Air Sacs / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004372:Ducks; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology