Chlamydial Diseases
Organism |
Species |
Clinical signs |
Sample to submit |
Other |
Conjunctivitis, keratoconjunctivitis; diarrhea, anorexia, droopiness; lethargy; weight loss; dehydration; ruffled feathers; dyspnea, rales, coryza, sinusitis; decreased egg production |
Liver, spleen, intestine, conjunctiva |
Enlarged liver and spleen; intestine congested and inflamed
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Pigeons |
Respiratory signs; rhinitis, bronchitis, air sacculitis |
Upper respiratory |
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Ducks |
Serous or pustular nasal and ocular discharge; encrusted eyes and nostrils |
Upper respiratory |
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Humans |
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Respiratory |
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reptiles |
Necrotizing myocarditis, pneumonia, enteritis; acute hepatitis |
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dogs |
Septic polyarthritis, encephalitis; bronchopneumonia, peritonitis, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea and skin lesions; conjunctivitis; polyarthritis |
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Uncommon |
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Horse and pig |
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Conjunctivitis, keratitis; brain infection |
Conjunctiva; brain |
Experimental genital infections |
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Abortion and fetal loss seminal vesiculitis; mastitis |
Placenta |
Ovine enzootic abortion Shed in semen |
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Humans |
Abortion |
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Pigs |
Asymptomatic intestinal infections in young weanlings; pericarditis. Pneumonia, conjunctivitis, polyarthritis, polyserositis. Orchitis in boars; abortion in sows; multi-system wasting syndrome in post-weaning pigs |
Respiratory; reproductive tract |
Experimental model for genital C. trachomatis |
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Pigeons, turkeys, sparrows |
pneumonia |
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Pneumonia, conjunctivitis, rhinitis; highly debilitating; unilateral serous ocular discharge |
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Feline pneumonitis |
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Horse |
Young foals bronchopneumonia; brains of horses and mules with hepatoencephalopathy; polyarthritis; eye infection; cervicitis and abortion |
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Relatively resistant; equine biovar |
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Koala |
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Koala biovar |
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Amphibians |
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koala biovar |
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Conjunctivitis, enteritis, pneumonia and high incidence of asymptomatic infection; multisystem wasting; polyarthritis, polyserositis, abortion in sows, orchitis in boars |
Lung and intestine; organ tissue, nasal and fecal swabs |
Two strains resistant to tetracycline and sulfadiazine Experimental model of genital C. trachomatis infection |
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Cattle, sheep, goats, koala, swine |
Pneumonia, polyarthritis, conjunctivitis, abortion, encephalomyelitis, enteritis, diarrhea; metritis, salpingitis and infertility in cattle; genitourinary disease in koalas |
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Infertility; scarring of oviducts Strain MoPn asymptomatic or pneumonia Strain SFPD enteric isolate |
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MoPn sensitive to sulfadiazine Experimental model of genital trachomatis infection; pneumonitis biovar |
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Infertility; scarring of oviducts Some arthritis; sexual transmitted disease; neonatal conjunctivitis and pneumonia |
Monoclonal antibodies |
2 biovars: trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum |
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Epitheliocystis disease of gills |
Gills |
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