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Attenuated Phenotype of a Recent House Finch-Associated Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolate in Domestic Poultry.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2017
Pflaum K, Tulman E R, Beaudet J, Liao X, Dhondt K V, Dhondt A A, Hawley D M, Ley D H, Kerr K M, Geary S J
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma gallisepticum, known primarily as a respiratory pathogen of domestic poultry, has emerged since 1994 as a significant pathogen of the house finch (Haemorhousmexicanus) causing severe conjunctivitis and mortality. House finch-associated M. gallisepticum (HFMG) spread rapidly and increased in virulence for the finch host in the eastern United States. In the current study, we assessed virulence in...
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