Mycoplasma iowae: A review

摘要: Summary Mycoplasma iowae is an avian mycoplasma which has rather different properties from other mycoplasmas such as resistance to bile salts, predilection for the gastrointestinal tract and a relative many antimicrobials. There also unusually large degree of antigenic variation among strains belonging this species. The been isolated number hosts, but in natural infections main manifestation mortality turkey embryos later stages incubation. In experimental some cause chick embryo and, depending on route infection age bird, can give rise joint bone abnormalities occasional airsacculitis. turkeys it well known that organism egg‐transmitted spread laterally. mature bird oviduct, semen cloaca are sources infection. Less about chickens. humoral response chickens poo...