title: Mycobacterium avium infection in an ostrich (Struthio camelus).
abstract: Acid-fast organisms were identified by histopathology of granulomatous lesions in an ostrich (Struthio camelus). The organisms were grown in Herrold's egg media with and without mycobactin and identified as Mycobacterium avium. An agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis was performed for detection of antibody for M. avium in this infected ostrich and seven other ostriches that were in contact. The results of the AGID were consistent with the pathologic diagnosis of mycobacteriosis and the isolation of M. avium in the affected ostrich.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: LeClear
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gaskin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002988:Cloaca / Q000473:pathology; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D020310:Struthioniformes; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial