Molecular Differentiation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Outbreaks: A Last Decade Study on Italian Farms Using GTS and MLST.

ABSTRACT: Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) infects many avian species and leads to significant economic losses in the poultry industry. Transmission of this pathogen occurs both horizontally and vertically, and strategies to avoid the spread of MG rely on vaccination and the application of biosecurity measures to maintain breeder groups as pathogen-free. Two live attenuated MG vaccine strains are licensed in Italy: 6/85 and ts-11. After their introduction, the implementation of adequate genotyping tools became necessary to distinguish between field and vaccine strains and to guarantee proper infection monitoring activity. In this study, 40 Italian MG isolates collected between 2010-2019 from both vaccinated and unvaccinated farms were genotyped using gene-targeted sequencing (GTS) of the cythade

SUBMITTER: Matucci A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7712042 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature