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Author(s) :
Kuldeep Dhama
;
Sandip Chakraborty
;
Ruchi Tiwari
;
Singh, S. D.
Author Affiliation :
Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly (UP) - 243 122, India.
Journal article
:
Research Opinions in Animal and Veterinary Sciences
2013
Vol.3
No.6
pp.157-169
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Abstract :
Chlamydiosis is a contagious disease of pet birds and
poultrypoultrySubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, having zoonotic implications caused by a bacterium
Chlamydophila psittacichlamydophila psittaciSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details. In domestic and pet birds,
Chlamydophila psittaci causes chlamydiosis often referred to as
psittacosispsittacosisSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details or ornithosis or Parrot fever having a significant public health impact. A special feature of
Chlamydophila is that it has a biphasic
life cyclelife cycleSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details existing as elementary, reticulate and intermediate bodies. Young birds are generally more susceptible. The organisms are shed in the nasal and ocular secretions. Fecal material or feather dust is resistant to drying and can act as source of infection.
Vertical transmissionvertical transmissionSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details through eggs has been described for
ducksducksSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details and chickens;
turkeysturkeysSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details and a number of
wild birdswild birdsSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details.
PneumoniapneumoniaSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details is a constant feature and lesions involve multiple organs. A short lived
immunityimmunitySubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details to infection develops. The major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is immunodominant in nature and has a protective role in immunity. Usual
diagnosisdiagnosisSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details is based on the isolation of the organism in chicken embryo and
cell linescell linesSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details and staining with special stains like Gimenez; Castaneda or Macchiavello's. A wide variety of serological techniques including enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (
ELISAelisaSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details);
immunofluorescenceimmunofluorescenceSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details and immunoperoxidase;
agglutination testsagglutination testsSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details are available. The advent of molecular techniques including
polymerase chain reactionpolymerase chain reactionSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details (PCR);
restriction fragment length polymorphismrestriction fragment length polymorphismSubject Category: Properties
see more details and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing has greatly aided in the diagnosis. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and major outer membrane protein (MOMP); OmpA;
pmp-gene and Dna-K like protein are the main targets for serological as well as molecular detection techniques. Psittacosis in human is a disease of increasing concern and occurs in both sporadic as well as epidemic forms. Psittacines, pigeons and turkeys mainly transmit the disease. Elementary bodies (EB) are major source of human infection.
Inactivated vaccinesinactivated vaccinesSubject Category: Commodities and Products
see more details are used generally as there are chances of carrier infection with live vaccines and require multiple administration. Recently,
DNA vaccinesdna vaccinesSubject Category: Commodities and Products
see more details and ovotransferrin
therapytherapySubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details have gained popularity. Strict hygiene and sanitation along with public awareness are essential to prevent the disease. The present review describes the avian chlamydiosis in detail focusing on the etiological agent, the disease and its
epidemiologyepidemiologySubject Category: Disciplines, Occupations and Industries
see more details, and the trends in diagnosis, prevention, treatment and control along with its public health concerns.
ISSN :
2221-1896
URL :
http://www.roavs.com/.../157-169.pdf
Record Number :
20133210386
Publisher :
KPK Publishers
Location of publication :
Peshawar
Country of publication :
Pakistan
Language of text :
English
Indexing terms for this abstract:
Organism descriptor(s) :
birdsbirdsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, Chlamydophila psittacichlamydophila psittaciSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ducksducksSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, fowlsfowlsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, parrotsparrotsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, turkeysturkeysSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details
Descriptor(s) :
agglutination testsagglutination testsSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, aviary birdsaviary birdsSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, bacterial diseasesbacterial diseasesSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details, cell linescell linesSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, chick embryoschick embryosSubject Category: Anatomical and Morphological Structures
see more details, diagnosisdiagnosisSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, diagnostic techniquesdiagnostic techniquesSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, disease preventiondisease preventionSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, disease transmissiondisease transmissionSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, DNA vaccinesdna vaccinesSubject Category: Commodities and Products
see more details, ELISAelisaSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, epidemiologyepidemiologySubject Category: Disciplines, Occupations and Industries
see more details, faecesfaecesSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, feathersfeathersSubject Category: Anatomical and Morphological Structures
see more details, genesgenesSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, immunityimmunitySubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, immunodiagnosisimmunodiagnosisSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, immunofluorescenceimmunofluorescenceSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, immunoperoxidase techniqueimmunoperoxidase techniqueSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, inactivated vaccinesinactivated vaccinesSubject Category: Commodities and Products
see more details, life cyclelife cycleSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, lipopolysaccharideslipopolysaccharidesSubject Category: Chemicals and Chemical Groups
see more details, petspetsSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, pneumoniapneumoniaSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details, polymerase chain reactionpolymerase chain reactionSubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, poultrypoultrySubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, psittacosispsittacosisSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details, restriction fragment length polymorphismrestriction fragment length polymorphismSubject Category: Properties
see more details, serologyserologySubject Category: Disciplines, Occupations and Industries
see more details, susceptibilitysusceptibilitySubject Category: Properties
see more details, therapytherapySubject Category: Techniques, Methodologies and Equipment
see more details, vertical transmissionvertical transmissionSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, wild animalswild animalsSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, wild birdswild birdsSubject Category: Organism Groups
see more details, zoonoseszoonosesSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details, respiratory diseasesrespiratory diseasesSubject Category: Diseases, Disorders, and Symptoms
see more details
Identifier(s) :
bacterial infections, bacterioses, bacterium, cage birds, chickens, chlamydiosis, domesticated birds, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, fecesfecesSubject Category: Miscellaneous
see more details, fluorescent antibody technique, IFAT, killed vaccines, ornithosis, PCR, peroxidase-labelled antibody technique, pet animals, RFLP, serological diagnosis, therapeutics, zoonotic infections
Broader term(s) :
vertebratesvertebratesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ChordatachordataSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, animalsanimalsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, eukaryoteseukaryotesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ChlamydophilachlamydophilaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ChlamydiaceaechlamydiaceaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ChlamydialeschlamydialesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ChlamydiaechlamydiaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, BacteriabacteriaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, prokaryotesprokaryotesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, AnatidaeanatidaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, AnseriformesanseriformesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, birdsbirdsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, Gallus gallusgallus gallusSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, GallusgallusSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, PhasianidaephasianidaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, GalliformesgalliformesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, PsittacidaepsittacidaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, PsittaciformespsittaciformesSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, MeleagrismeleagrisSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details