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Review Article
Gallibacterium anatis: An Emerging Pathogen of Poultry Birds and Domiciled Birds
Author(s): Shiv Varan v, Bhoj R Singh, Dharmendra K Sinha, Vinodh Kumar OR, Prasanna Vadhana A, Monika Bhardwaj and Sakshi DubeyShiv Varan v, Bhoj R Singh, Dharmendra K Sinha, Vinodh Kumar OR, Prasanna Vadhana A, Monika Bhardwaj and Sakshi Dubey
Gallibacterium anatis though known since long as opportunistic pathogen of intensively reared poultry birds has emerged in last few years as multiple drug resistance pathogen causing heavy mortality outbreaks not only in poultry birds but also in other domiciled or domestic birds. Due to its fastidious nature, commensal status and with no pathgnomonic lesions in diseased birds G. anatis infection often remains obscure for diagnosis. Poor understanding of its epidemiology, virulence factors and pathogenesis work on development of effective vaccine obscured its importance; however, it is difficult to get rid of G. anatis infection on affected poultry farms. The present review summarises the current knowledge on G. anatis and its infections... Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7579.1000324
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