TY - JOUR ID - 109842 TI - First report of Gallibacterium isolation from layer chickens in Iran JO - Archives of Razi Institute JA - ARI LA - en SN - 0365-3439 AU - Ataei, Saeed AU - Bojesen, A. Miki AU - Amininajafi, Fatemeh AU - Ranjbar, Mohammad Mehdi AU - Banani, Mansoor AU - Afkhamnia, Mohamad AU - Abtin, Alireza AU - Goodarzi, Hosein AD - Department of avian Bacterial Diseases, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark AD - Kowsar Agricultural Research & Development Company, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 72 IS - 2 SP - 125 EP - 130 KW - Gallibacterium KW - Salpinigitis KW - Chicken KW - Isolation KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) DO - 10.22092/ari.2017.109842 N2 - Gallibacterium, a gram-negative coccobacillus, is a genus of the Pasteurellaceae family with capability of infecting a wide range of avian host species. In 2003, Gallibacterium was selected instead of different previous names. Four different species has been recognized in Gallibacterium genus so far. Members of the genus can cause a wide range of pathological lesions, from upper respiratory tract lesions, follicle degeneration, enteritis,  pericarditis, hepatitis, oophoritis, septicemia to more important  problems such as salpingitis and peritonitis. Salpingitis and peritonitis of layer farms caused by Gallibacterium result in decreased egg-production and increased mortality. Gallibacterium is the most common single bacterial infection in egg-laying farms with reproductive disorders. During a microbiological survey on bacterial infectious agents of reproductive tract of layers, some isolates from salpingitis cases were suspicious of Gallibacterium. According to culture and biochemical properties, the primary identification was in support of genus Gallibacterium. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test using primers specific for the genus identification was carried out. The suspected isolate showed bands of 970 and 1080 bp, which are specific for Gallibcterium. To confirm the identification, a positive sample was sent to University of Copenhagen for repeating the PCR test. To our knowledge, this is the first report of isolation and identification of Gallibacterium in Iran. This study shows the possibility of a role for Gallibacterium in poultry industry of Iran. This study also shows the need for further investigations on epidemiological situation of the infection, as well as the isolation and identification of different species of the genus Gallibacterium.   UR - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_109842.html L1 - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_109842_4b356a437f33825adb2e600f971eae1d.pdf ER -