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Evaluation of Isolation and Polymerase Chain Reaction in Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Broiler Chickens in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Veterinary Parasitology & Microbiology

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The  objective of this study was to evaluate isolation, and evaluate the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to confirm diagnosis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) in broiler chickens. One of the finest independent organisms is MG, can be reproduced autonomously, the lack of a cell wall, allowed it to take on various shapes and sizes, and to resist cell-wall targeting antibiotics. When MG infect chickens it caused chronic respiratory disease (CRD), characterized by rales, sneezing, coughing, nasal discharges, dyspnea, conjunctivitis. Decreased feed intake, feed conversion, an increase in mortality, carcass damage and medication costs, causing high economic losses. Diagnosing the cause is the first step in treatment, for evaluation isolation and direct PCR a total of 180 tracheal swabs were collected from broiler chickens (28-40) days old who had symptoms of CRD, during the period (1/12/2022-28/2/2023). Prevalence of MG by, isolation and direct PCR was 30.5% (55/180) and 32.77% (57/180) respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of direct PCR were 100% and 96.8%  respectively. When comparing culturing with PCR , the study found that the sensitivity and specificity were 93% and 100% respectively. The study concluded that culturing is still the golden standard test for MG detection for its high sensitivity and specificity but takes a long time, direct PCR is very fast and efficient.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2023.244586.1656

Keywords

Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, broiler, CRD, isolation, PCR

Authors

First Name

mohemmed

Last Name

Hamdon

MiddleName

Seleem

Affiliation

department of Microbiology/College Veterinary Medicine / Tikrit University/Iraq

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mohammed_s@tu.edu.com

City

Tikrit

Orcid

0009-0007-7899-4550

First Name

Bashar

Last Name

Noomi

MiddleName

Sadeq

Affiliation

collage of vet. Medicine- Tikrit university

Email

vetbashar1981@gmail.com

City

Tikrit

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First Name

Agharid

Last Name

AL-Rasheed

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq

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agharidalrasheed@tu.edu.iq

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Tikrit

Orcid

0000-0001-6551-1045

Volume

55

Article Issue

3

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43446

Issue Date

2024-05-01

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2023-10-25

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2024-05-01

Page Start

775

Page End

783

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1110-0222

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2357-089X

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of Isolation and Polymerase Chain Reaction in Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Broiler Chickens in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq

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23 Dec 2024