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Abstract
Chahota, Rajesh, Katoch, R.C. and Batta, M.K. 1997. Prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci among feral birds in Himachal Pradesh, India. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 12: 89–94.
In order to find out the prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci in feral birds, 99 samples comprising of 56 fecal swabs/intestinal contents and 43 pooled visceral organs (spleen, liver, lung/air sacs and heart) from different species that were either trapped or killed in the vicinity of poultry houses, feed stores and water tanks were screened. The samples were processed in seven to eight days old embryonated chicken eggs. A total 16 (16.16%) isolations were made i.e. 9 (16.07%) from fecal swabs/intestinal contents and 7 (16.28%) from pooled visceral organs, accruing from pigeons (16.36%), parrots (26.31%) and crows (18.18%). Whilst, house sparrows, doves, Indian mynahs and nightingale did not yield C. psittaci. All the isolates were confirmed as C. psittaci by demonstration of elementary bodies/inclusions through specific stains, regular mortality pattern in inoculated chicken embryos, Indirect microimmunofluorescence and dot-ELISA.