Occurrence of Avian Mycoplasmas in Free-Living Muscovy-Ducks (Cairina Moschata)

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to investigate, by culture and PCR, the occurrence of Mollicutes, Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae in free-living Muscovy-ducks (Cairina moschata) from the Rio Zoo, RJ, Brazil. Tracheal swabs were obtained from 82 asymptomatic ducks and the samples we...

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Main Authors: BSN Magalhães, VLA Pereira, LS Machado, TS Dias, DA Balthazar, ML Barreto, F Troccoli, NC Cunha, ER Nascimento, FM Almeida, NR Almosny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2020-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2020000400315&tlng=en