Figures & data
Table 1. Size and age of the flocks investigated
Table 2. Main necropsy findings
Table 3. Isolation of haemolytic G. anatis and E. coli from different organs displayed in connection with the housing system and the number of birds expressing lesions in either the ovaries and/or the oviduct
Table 4. E. coli obtained from different organs
Figure 1. Agarose gel electrophoresis of amplification products from haemolytic G. anatis field isolates. Lane M, 100 bp DNA ladder (Invitrogen); lanes 1 and 10, isolates from cloaca; lanes 2, 6, 11 and 12, isolates from choana; lanes 3 and 8, isolates from intestine; lanes 4 and 7, isolates from trachea; lane 5, isolate from ovary; lanes 9 and 13, isolates from lungs; lanes 14 and 16, negative controls; lane 15, positive control.
Figure 2. Dendrogram (unweighted pair group method using arithmetic averages) of AFLP similarities of 83 Gallibacterium isolates. SD, band-based Dice similarity coefficient (%). Flocks, the flock number from which the isolates originate. Isolates grouping at a 90% similarity level or higher were pooled as indicated by grey triangles. Dotted line, clonal cut-off level at 90% similarity.
