Cecal spirochetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli in commercial turkeys

Avian Dis. 2005 Dec;49(4):609-13. doi: 10.1637/7383-052005.1.

Abstract

Spirochetes that were identified as Brachyspira pilosicoli were present in the ceca of 7.5- to 18-wk-old turkeys with cecal spirochetosis and typhlitis. The identity of B. pilosicoli was confirmed on the basis of ultrastructural morphology of the cecal epithelium adherent microbes, immunohistochemical staining with a Brachyspira genus-specific monoclonal antibody, and amplification of a B. pilosicoli species-specific 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs gene) sequence by using the polymerase chain reaction and DNA obtained by laser-capture microdissection of the epithelium-adherent microbial fringe. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of B. pilosicoli in the ceca of turkeys.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cecum / microbiology
  • Cecum / pathology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Poultry Diseases / microbiology*
  • Poultry Diseases / pathology
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Spirochaetales / genetics
  • Spirochaetales / isolation & purification*
  • Spirochaetales / pathogenicity*
  • Spirochaetales Infections / microbiology
  • Spirochaetales Infections / pathology
  • Spirochaetales Infections / veterinary*
  • Turkeys / microbiology*

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S