Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
| Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Weeksellaceae |
| Genus: | Ornithobacterium |
| Species: | O. rhinotracheale
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Vandamme et al. 1994[1]
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Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, or ORT, is a bacterium that causes respiratory disease in poultry. It can cause disease in birds of all ages and is potentially fatal.[2] O. rhinotracheale is found worldwide, and the bacterium may be spread between birds either horizontally or vertically. It is not a zoonosis.
Clinical Signs
Most commonly, respiratory signs are seen. These include nasal discharge, dyspnoea, sneezing and coughing. A drop in growth rates and abnormal egg production and joint problems may also be seen. There are reports of gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms in some cases.
Clinical signs are generally worse in meat producing birds.
Diagnosis
The disease caused by ORT is characterized by pneumonia, pleuritis and air sacculitis on postmortem examination. Diagnosis should be confirmed using laboratory tests such as bacterial culture, PCR, agar gel precipitation, ELISA, or serum agglutination.[2]
Treatment & Control
Antibiotic treatment can be attempted, but is not always successful.[2] The choice of antibiotic should be based on culture and sensitivity results.
Vaccination is reported to reduce the incidence of disease.[2][3]
References
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Ornithobacterium". LPSN.
- ^ a b c d Barbosa, Eunice Ventura; Cardoso, Clarissa Varajão; Silva, Rita de Cássia Figueira; Cerqueira, Aloysio de Mello Figueiredo; Liberal, Maíra Halfen Teixeira; Castro, Helena Carla (2019-12-27). "Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale: An Update Review about An Emerging Poultry Pathogen". Veterinary Sciences. 7 (1): 3. doi:10.3390/vetsci7010003. ISSN 2306-7381. PMC 7157751. PMID 31892160.
- ^ Rabie, Nagwa S.; Amin Girh, Zeinab M. S. (2020-01-29). "Bacterial vaccines in poultry". Bulletin of the National Research Centre. 44 (1): 15. doi:10.1186/s42269-019-0260-1. ISSN 2522-8307. PMC 7223244. PMID 32435127.
External links
- Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Wikivet
- Type strain of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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