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Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-ostrich IgG was raised and used in commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits to detect antibodies reactive with 11 poultry pathogens in sera from 149 ostriches from nine farms around Zimbabwe. Antibodies were detected to turkey rhinotracheitis virus (99%), Newcastle disease virus (23%), avian reovirus (19%), infectious bursal disease virus (15%), avian encephalomyelitis virus (15%), Mycoplasma gallisepticum and/or M. synoviae (11%), reticuloendotheliosis virus (10%), Salmonella enteritidis (8%), avian leukosis virus (3%), infectious bronchitis virus (2%), and Pasteurella multocida (< 1%). Although evidence of prior infection with turkey rhinotracheitis and newcastle disease virus was present on all farms tested, there was marked variation between farms in the prevalence of exposure to other poultry pathogens.
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PMID:A serosurvey using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antibodies against poultry pathogens in ostriches (Struthio camelus) from Zimbabwe. 783 18

Nine mono- and polyvalent sialosides as substances inhibiting adhesive properties of mycoplasma Mycoplasma pneumoniae--the agent of human atypical pneumonia have been studied in the reaction of hemagglutination (RHA) using solid-phase variant of ELISA-test ("sandwich"--variant), which is based on the competition for specific binding in RHA between the studied syalosides and sialylglycoproteins of fetuin conjugate with horseradish peroxidase. Of seven polymers--P alpha.12.ONa(N1), P alpha.12.EA(N2), P alpha.12.NH2(N3), P alpha.12.AES.10.ONa(N4), P alpha.12.Hg.20.ONa(N6), P20.SLea.NH2(N7), as well as monomer alpha-Bn Neu5Ac and fucoidan the polymers 5, 2, 4 and 7 in concentrations as to the content of sialic acid 1.0; 1.3; 1.35 and 10.0 M, respectively, most efficiently (up to 98%) inhibited the adhesiveness of M. pneumoniae. Polymeric sialosides 3, 6 and 1 proved less active and, the concentration of sialic acid in the composition of their molecules being 10.0 microM, inhibited adhesiveness of M. pneumoniae by approximately 77, 75 and 62.5%, respectively. Antiadhesive activity of fucoidan and monomer proved too low under concentration of these substances as to the content of sialic acid in them 25 microM: they decreased the ability to adhesion in M. pneumoniae by 33 and 56%, respectively. This proved that polyvalent sialosides 2, 4, 5 and 7 are promising for creation of drugs for treatment and prophylaxis of human pneumonias of mycoplasmal etiology on principally new basis with regard for the properties of the disease agent.
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PMID:[Mono- and polyvalent synthetic sialosides as inhibitors of Mycoplasma pneumoniae adhesiveness]. 789 26

An exact assessment of the animal health situation in a country is an essential element in formulating eradication and control programmes, and in regulating international trade in animals and animal products from that country. Due to a lack of human and technical resources, Veterinary Services in developing countries often lack precise knowledge on disease occurrence. Since the collection and transmission of reliable information on animal diseases in developing countries are major concerns of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), a project aimed at improving this situation was implemented with international financial support. This project involved the development by the Centre for the Application of Methodology for the Diagnosis of Animal Diseases (CAMDA) of field kits for the diagnosis of the main diseases present in tropical Africa: rinderpest, peste des petits ruminants (PPR), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP). Several tests already exist, such as complement deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA)-specific probes and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for rinderpest and PPR, DNA probes and PCR for CBPP, capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, the agglutination test and the immunobinding peroxidase test for CCPP, etc. With specific reference to these examples, the various problems faced by the OIE and CAMDA are reviewed.
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PMID:Field diagnostic kits: a solution for developing countries? 840 Mar 85

Four hundred twenty pneumonic lungs from lambs were examined for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Pasteurella haemolytica by an immunoperoxidase technique using an extravidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections. Histologic examination of tissue sections revealed strong positive reactions in 60.9% and 68.3% of the lungs against M. ovipneumoniae and P. haemolytica, respectively. M. ovipneumoniae and P. haemolytica antigens were observed at the surface and/or within the epithelial cells, macrophages, leucocytes, and bronchiolar exudate. The location of M. ovipneumoniae in the cytoplasm of the epithelial cells and P. haemolytica in the neutrophils was detected immunohistochemically.
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PMID:Detection of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Pasteurella haemolytica antigens by an immunoperoxidase technique in pneumonic ovine lungs. 882 8

Lung tissues from calves naturally and experimentally infected with Mycoplasma bovis were subjected to histopathological and immunohistochemical examination. The latter was carried out with a monoclonal antibody raised against M. bovis, and an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) detection substrate system. Pulmonary lesions in naturally infected calves included exudative bronchopneumonia and extensive foci of coagulative necrosis surrounded by inflammatory cells. Experimentally infected lungs showed suppurative bronchiolitis and varying degrees of peribronchiolar mononuclear cell cuffing. M. bovis antigen in field cases was mainly detected at the periphery of the areas of coagulative necrosis, in necrotic exudates, and in close association with infiltrating macrophages and neutrophils. In lung tissue from calves with induced M. bovis pneumonia, antigen was located in epithelial cells, within inflammatory cells in airway lumina, and in alveolar walls. Other microbiological observations suggested that the ability of M. bovis to invade and cause lung parenchymal damage could be influenced by the participation of other pathogens.
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PMID:Pathological and immunohistochemical studies of natural and experimental Mycoplasma bovis pneumonia in calves. 891 Jul 43

Chlamydia pneumoniae has been associated with respiratory infections and with cardiovascular disease. We describe here a patient with multi-organ failure and fatal outcome in whom C. pneumoniae was implicated as a causative agent. Serological analysis for C. pneumoniae was done by immunofluorescence. Immunohistochemistry was carried out with avidin-biotin peroxidase staining. The patient had pneumonia I month prior to death. C. pneumoniae was detected in the heart and lungs by immunohistochemistry at autopsy. The patient had an antibody pattern suggestive of current or chronic C. pneumoniae infection. Serological analysis for Legionella sp., Mycoplasma pneumoniae, CMV, EBV, enteroviral agents and markers for autoimmune disease were negative. The findings suggest C. pneumoniae as the aetiological agent in this case of multi-organ failure.
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PMID:Chlamydia pneumoniae infection associated with multi-organ failure and fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient. 1006 59

Postmortem observations of 37 cattle from an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in north Italy in 1993 were made at the abattoir, where samples of lung and tracheobronchial lymph node tissues were taken for culture and identification of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (MmmSC), immunohistochemistry with the peroxidase anti-peroxidase (PAP) system, and molecular detection by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of specific DNA from MmmSC. Nasal swabs were also taken for testing by PCR Lung pathology typical of CBPP was observed in 38 per cent of the animals, and MmmSC was isolated from 19 per cent DNA of MmmSC was detected by PCR in 64 per cent of lung samples and 35 per cent of the nasal swabs. Staining of lung tissue and lymph node tissue by PAP was positive in 27 per cent and 30 per cent of cases, respectively, and was a useful back-up test. These results suggest that PCR amplification from lung tissue may be used as a rapid and accurate confirmatory test for cases with pathology resembling CBPP.
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PMID:Detection of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides in tissues from an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia by culture, immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction. 1057 36

The efficacy of a florfenicol premix was studied in weaning pigs experimentally inoculated with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Twenty five clinically healthy pigs were distributed into 3 groups; group A non-medicated, groups B and C orally medicated with 20 and 40 ppm of florfenicol respectively. The pigs were fed during 12 consecutive days and on day 5 all the groups were challenged with A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 1. All the animals in Group A developed clinical signs. Most of the pigs in the medicated groups maintained a good health status. Postmortem examination revealed severe pleuropneumonia in pigs from the control group and pneumonic lesions in 40% of the animals treated with 20 ppm of florfenicol. Development of pleuropneumonia was prevented in all the pigs medicated with 40 ppm of florfenicol. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was recovered from the lungs of all control animals and from one pig of each of the medicated groups, however, the avidin biotin peroxidase (ABC-P) method detected the presence of the microorganism in all the animals. We demonstrated that medication with feed containing 40 ppm of florfenicol blocked efficiently the signs and lesions caused by A. pleuropneumoniae and increased the daily body weight gain.
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PMID:Efficacy of florphenicol premix in weanling pigs experimentally infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. 1094 26

Mycoplasma mycoides strains were screened for the ability to produce H(2)O(2) from glucose and glycerol metabolism using rapid and simple colorimetric assays. In quantitative assays, H(2)O(2) production by washed cell suspensions was detected by the oxidation of o-dianisidine in the presence of peroxidase. In qualitative assays, a 3,3'-diaminobenzidine-peroxidase reagent was applied to colonies on agar plates. Both methods enabled differentiation of European subsp. mycoides SC (small colony) isolates from other M. mycoides strains by their inability to produce H(2)O(2) from glycerol metabolism. In addition, two strains of subsp. capri were identified which produced large amounts of H(2)O(2) from glucose oxidation. In lysed cells of these strains, NADH oxidation gave approximately 1 mol H(2)O(2) per mol NADH oxidised whereas in 36 subsp. mycoides and 10 other subsp. capri strains, the quantity produced was 0.01-0.20mol H(2)O(2) per mol NADH oxidised.
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PMID:Rapid screening of H(2)O(2) production by Mycoplasma mycoides and differentiation of European subsp. mycoides SC (small colony) isolates. 1118

Pathologic features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection (M. pneumonia) are generally non-specific, and the literature regarding the pathologic features of M. pneumonia with intraalveolar exudates is limited. Clinical and histopathological studies were performed in 3 patients with M. pneumonia which did not respond to erythromycin and minocycline, but all rapidly recovered after corticosteroid therapy. In pathologic findings, we observed intraalveolar exudates and focal organization in M. pneumonia, and its intraalveolar lesions were compared between M. pneumonia and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia containing fibrin (BOOP). Immunohistochemical studies were performed using the streptavidin biotin peroxidase complex method with anti-alpha-smooth muscle actin antibody and anti-pancytokeratin AE1/AE3 antibody. In pathologic findings, more fibrin deposits in intaalveolar lesions were observed in M. pneumonia than in BOOP. In intaalveolar lesions of M. pneumonia, a larger amount of nuclear debris, more neutrophils, and more erythrocytes were noted. Myofibroblasts were observed in the organization of BOOP, while in the intaalveolar lesions of M. pneumonia, myofibroblasts were not observed. These results suggest that M. pneumonia with intraalveolar exudates responds well to corticosteroid and its intraalveolar lesions apparently differed from those in BOOP.
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PMID:A study on intraalveolar exudates in acute mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. 1200 17


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