title: Isolation and characterization of a Neisseria sp. from the captive wild goose (Anser anser).
abstract: The present study investigated 15 dead cases of captive wild goslings (Anser anser), which were bred in a small poultry farm in Shandong Province, China. The examined cases presented diverse clinical signs accompanied with neurological manifestations and fatal outcomes. Bacterial culture identified the gram-negative Neisseria sp. from the brain homogenate of most examined cases (10/15, 66.7%). The isolated bacteria were identified based on morphologic characteristics, biochemical tests and 16S rDNA typing. Results proved that 1 identical bacterial strain (BNO09-3) was isolated from the positive cases. The phylogeny based on the 16S rDNA gene sequences indicated that this isolate has a close relationship with various strains of genus Neisseria sp. isolated from liver and feces of duck. This is the first report of Neisseria sp. causing fatality in captive wild geese in China.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chengmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Haijing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.|Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amer
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: National Research Center For Wildlife Born Diseases, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hongxuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D004372:Ducks; D005777:Geese / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051379:Mice; D009343:Neisseria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal
keywords: 16S rDNA; Anser anser; China; Neisseria sp.