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Volume 72, Issue 2

JMM Profile: serovar Gallinarum, biovars Pullorum and Gallinarum Open Access

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Abstract

serovar Gallinarum has two distinct biovars, Pullorum and Gallinarum. They are host-adapted avian pathogens that infect a number of wild and domesticated species but they pose a particular threat to farmed and backyard chickens and turkeys. Both biovars cause invasive and septicaemic disease, often resulting in high mortality. Pullorum is transmitted in eggs and typically affects birds soon after hatch. Gallinarum may cause disease in any age of bird, which often progresses through mature flocks. The establishment of clean breeding stock has resulted in freedom from the pathogens in many countries although even in these territories sporadic incursions still occur.

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Keyword(s): antimicrobial resistance , fowl typhoid and poultry
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This study was supported by the:
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government (Award FZ2000)
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  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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