title: Isolation of Mycoplasma bovis from broiler chickens in Turkey.
abstract: Mycoplasma bovis normally affects cattle, in which it causes pneumonia in calves, mastitis, arthritis and other diseases. In the present article we report the isolation of this bovine pathogen from the tracheas of broiler chickens with no clinical signs. The most probable source of infection was the cattle herd sharing the farm with the chickens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ongor
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalin
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karahan
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McAuliffe
authors.forename: Robin A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D045682:Mycoplasma bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology