The Characteristics of an Agent Morphologically Resembling the Chlamydozoaceae and Causing Sinusitis in Turkeys

Abstract

It is a pleasure to thank Dr. Geoffrey Rake for his counsel and encouragement and to acknowledge the technical assistance of Mr. Bernard F. Smith. ' The term infectious sinusitis of turkeys was suggested by Dickenson and Hinshaw (1938) to differentiate it from sinusitis that may occur in connection with reduced vitamin A intake (Hinshaw and Lloyd, 1934) or follow inoculation with Hemophilus gallinarum (Beach and Schalm, 1936).

Characterization of avian Mycoplasma

“…Mice were reported to be refractory by Van Roekel et al (172) Jerstad and Hamilton (103), Chute and Cole (31), Group/ and Winn (82), and Yamamoto (179). Van Herick and Eaton (168) reported negative results in mice, hamsters, rats and guinea pigs.…”