Isolation of a Mycoplasma sp. from three buzzards (Buteo spp.).
Mycoplasma spp. were isolated from the respiratory tissues of three buzzards. Bird I, a rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus), showed airsacculitis, catarrhal-fibrinous pneumonia, and catarrhal tracheitis. Bird II, a common buzzard (Buteo buteo), revealed mycotic airsacculitis, bronchitis and pneumonia. Bird III was a healthy rough-legged buzzard. All isolates metabolized glucose but not arginine and were serologically identical by immunofluorescence and growth-inhibition tests. No serological cross-reactions were seen with several known Mycoplasma species.
D000400:Air Sacs / Q000382:microbiology*; D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*