Respiratory disease (rhinotracheitis) in turkeys in Brittany, France, 1981-1982. II. Laboratory findings.
After discovering that numerous turkey flocks experiencing rhinotracheitis in Brittany, France, had antibodies against chlamydia, laboratory studies were conducted to determine whether chlamydia and/or viruses would explain the respiratory disease observed. Although both lentogenic paramyxoviruses of type 1 (Newcastle disease virus) and Chlamydia psittaci were isolated, it was concluded, based on epidemiologic and other laboratory findings, that C. psittaci was the primary cause of the disease.
D000818:Animals; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005602:France; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys