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- Title
Mycoplasma agassizii-szerű kórokozó kimutatása királypitonból (Python regius).
- Authors
János, Gál; Lilla, Udvari; Szilvia, Farkas L.; Árisz, Ziszisz; Miklós, Marosán; Míra, Mándoki; Zsuzsa, Kreizinger; Miklós, Gyuranecz
- Abstract
Background: Upper respiratory infections caused by Mycoplasma agassizii have long been known in reptiles, primarily in tortoises. A much smaller number of mycoplasmosis cases have so far been identified in snakes, none of which were caused by M. agassizii. Objectives: In our case, the possibility of mycoplasmosis arose during the pathological/diagnostic testing, which also included a more detailed exploratory microbiological investigation. Materials and methods: The specimen examined, came from a private breeding operation, where snakes were kept in drawer racks, consisting of suitably ventilated boxes measuring 45 × 65 × 20 cm, kept at 27-28 °C by day, and 20-21 °C at night. The specimen brought to our department for diagnostic tests was a female ball python (Python regius) weighing 1545 g. The snake laid a clutch of eggs, typical of the species a month before the examination and started showing respiratory symptoms a few days thereafter. Three weeks later, the animal suddenly died without any previous worsening of the symptoms. After the post-mortem examination, we performed histological tests, Mycoplasma culture tests, and PCR tests on samples from various organs. Findings and discussion: Mycoplasma agassizii-like agent were found in the upper and lower respiratory tract, with gravidity and egg-laying increasing susceptibility. The mucous accumulating in the trachea and the lungs, as result of inflammatory processes, caused the suffocation of the animal. In addition to multifocal epithelial proliferation in the lungs, inflammatory cell infiltration was also observed in the trachea. After sequencing, we uploaded the nucleotide sequence of the PCR product of the isolated M. agassizii-like bacteria to Gen-Bank under reference number MW380903.
- Subjects
AUTOPSY; RESPIRATORY infections; DIAGNOSTIC use of polymerase chain reaction; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; TESTUDINIDAE; MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae infections
- Publication
Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 2022, Vol 144, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
0025-004X
- Publication type
Article