Characterization of Atypical Hemolytic Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Isolates and Comparison with the Normal Non-Hemolytic Phenotype
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes respiratory disease in poultry characterized by rhinitis, tracheitis, and pneumonia with mortality averaging 2-3%. In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the seroprevalence for ORT among turkey flocks as determined by enzy...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77251 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11062014-155425/ |