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Detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in field samples using a species-specific DNA probe
1Department of Pathobiology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3089.
Avian Diseases
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Species-specific DNA probes for Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) were compared with serologic and isolation procedures as a routine diagnostic tool on field specimens acquired from chicken flocks experiencing egg-production losses and suspected of MG infection. The MG DNA probe clearly identified MG directly from tracheal specimens within 2 days, unlike the 7 to 10 days required for culture procedures. Cross-reaction of MG with M. synoviae continues to be a stumbling block in the serum plate agglutination test.