title: The distribution of Mycoplasma meleagridis in normal turkey carcases and those affected with air sac disease.
abstract: Mycoplasma meleagridis was isolated from both normal and diseased air sacs of turkeys examined and graded for air sacculitis on the evisceration line in a processing plant. It was also cultivated from wing bone cavities of turkeys with severe air sac lesions but not from leg bones or from samples of deep muscle. A further investigation, using material taken randomly from the condemned meat container, confirmed that M meleagridis was recoverable from wing bones.
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000382:microbiology