Identification of Strain-Specific Sequences That Distinguish a Mycoplasma gallisepticum Vaccine Strain from Field Isolates
Published:April 19, 2018
Summary
Mycoplasmas are bacteria characteristic for their lack of a cell wall, small size, and small genome (1). These pathogens are evolutionarily related to the low-%GC Gram-positive Clostridiales (2), and they are highly host specific and tend to inhabit mucosal surfaces within their host (1). Within the poultry industry, the ability of Mycoplasma gallisepticum to infect the respiratory and reproducti...
How revel is the risk of mutation and pathogenicity reversion of ts - 11 strain in the field and its risk of infection in the future? We, poultry industry, should carefully chose Mg-vaccine.