Isolation of Bordetella avium from poultry.
Four Australian isolates of Gram-negative nonfermentative bacteria obtained from poultry were compared with reference strains of Bordetella avium, Bordetella bronchiseptica and Alcaligenes faecalis. The Australian isolates were identified as Bordetella avium. A routine procedure for the identification of this recently recognised poultry pathogen is described.
D000421:Alcaligenes; D000818:Animals; D001884:Bordetella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology*; D014422:Turkeys