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AVIAN PATHOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 385-391Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03079450802216629
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A TaqMan (R)-based real-time, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay utilizing the mgc2 gene was developed to detect Mycoplasma gallisepticum in conjunctival swabs of experimentally infected house finches. The assay was demonstrated to be quantitative by the standard curve method with reproducible results within runs and between runs. The detection limit of the mgc2 assay was examined using two standards. The test had a detection limit of less than 14 copies per reaction when tested with a plasmid standard and less than 10 copies per reaction when tested with M. gallisepticum genomic DNA. All M. gallisepticum-negative birds (10 specific pathogen free chickens and 10 house finches) were negative by mgc2 qPCR assay. Existing evidence suggests that an important part of M. gallisepticum pathogenesis includes both its attachment to and invasion of host cells. Thus, our test also made use of rag-1 as an internal control gene. The rag-1 qPCR results showed that host cell quantity varied greatly between conjunctival samples. After inoculation, M. gallisepticum levels in the house finch conjunctiva increased over the 7-day period post infection. The bird with the most pronounced clinical conjunctivitis harboured the highest level of M. gallisepticum and the bird that did not develop conjunctivitis had very low numbers of M. gallisepticum. Thus, it appears that development of conjunctivitis may correlate with M. gallisepticum load.
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