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ArticleJournal of the South African Veterinary Association2019

Molecular detection of Mycoplasma synoviae and avian reovirus infection in arthritis and tenosynovitis lesions of broiler and breeder chickens in Santa Catarina State, Brazil.

Carolina Reck, Álvaro Menin, Mariana F Canever, Celso Pilatic, Luiz C Miletti

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Article in Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  9. Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carolina ReckDepartment of Animal Production, Center for Agricultural Sciences, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, Brazil; and, VERTÀ, Research and Veterinary Diagnostic Institute, Curitibanos, Santa Catarina. carolreck@gmail.com.
Álvaro Menin
Mariana F Canever
Celso Pilatic
Luiz C Miletti
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina · BRUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious arthritis or tenosynovitis in broiler and breeder chickens results in major loss of productivity because of reduced growth and downgrading at processing plants. The most common causative agents of avian infectious arthritis are the bacterium Mycoplasma synoviae and avian reoviruses (ARVs) (family Reoviridae, genus Orthoreovirus). In this study, we evaluated the occurrence of these two pathogens in arthritis or tenosynovitis lesions of broilers and breeder flocks in southern Brazil using molecular detection. Tissue sections from tibiotarsal joints with visible lesions from 719 broilers and 505 breeders were analysed using pathogen-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. In breeders, 41.2% (n = 296) of lesions were positive for M. synoviae, 26.4% (n = 190) were positive for ARV, while co-infection was present in 12.2% (n = 88) of the samples. In broilers, 20.8% (n = 105) of lesions were positive for M. synoviae, 11.9% (n = 60) for ARV and 7.7% (n = 39) of these cases were positive for both pathogens. Post-mortem examination revealed lesions with varying degrees of gross pathological severity. Histopathological examination showed intense, diffuse lymphohistiocytic inflammatory infiltrates with heterophil accumulation, primarily in the synovial capsule and digital flexor tendon, in all samples. Improved strategies for early detection and control of these major avian pathogens are highly desirable for preventing the spread of infection and reducing economic losses in the poultry industry.

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AnimalsArthritisAutopsyBrazilChickensMycoplasma InfectionsMycoplasma synoviaeOrthoreovirus, AvianPolymerase Chain ReactionPoultry DiseasesReoviridae InfectionsTenosynovitisarthritisavian reovirusMycoplasma synoviaePCRpolymerase chain reactionpoultry

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PMID31793309
PMCPMC6893155
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