Mycoplasma synoviae 2109 Respiratory tract disease and synovitis Mycoplasma synoviae is a Gram-negative parasitic bacteria responsible for causing respiratory tract disease and synovitis (inflammation in the lining of the joints) in turkeys and chickens, although other types of birds are susceptible as well. Naturally, this causes significant economic problems in the poultry industry. The primary habitat is the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract of the birds that are infected, although the joints are also affected. Infection occurs primarily through attachment of the bacteria to the host cell by means of specialized surface proteins and adhesins that results in prolonged intracellular persistence that may cause lethality if combined with a secondary virus (MicrobeWiki: Mycoplasma synoviae). Baboon Papio cynocephalus 9556 Bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus 447135 Bear Ursus americanus 9643 Birds Passeroidea 175121 Brown Trout Salmo trutta 8032 Buffalo Bison bison 9901 Carnivores Vulpes 9625 Cat Felis catus 9685 Catfishes Siluriformes 7995 Cattle Bos taurus 9913 Chicken Gallus gallus 9031 Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes 9598 chinchillas Chinchillidae 10150 Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii 9067 Deer Cervus elaphus 9860 Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus 10042 Dog Canis familiaris 9615 Ducks Anas 8835 Ferret Mustela putorius furo 9669 Fish Hyperotreti 117565 Gerbil Gerbillina 10045 Goat Capra hircus 9925 Gray wolf Canis lupus 9612 Guinea pig Cavia porcellus 10141 Hamster Mesocricetus auratus 10036 Horse Equus caballus 9796 Human Homo sapiens 9606 Macaque Macaca fascicularis 9541 Mongolian Gerbil Meriones unguiculatus 10047 Monkey Platyrrhini 9479 Mouse Mus musculus 10090 None None Parrot Psittacidae 9224 Pig Sus scrofa 9823 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 9986 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 8022 Rat Rattus 10114 Raven Corvus corax 56781 sei whale Balaenoptera borealis 9768 Sheep Ovis aries 9940 Squirrel Spermophilus richardsonii 37591 Tree shrew Tupaiidae 9393 Trouts, salmons & chars Salmoninae 504568 Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 9103 Vole Microtus ochrogaster 79684 Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis 391902 Vaxsafe MS Vaxsafe MS Bioproperties VO_0001049 Live, attenuated vaccine Licensed Eye drop administration Live temperature-sensitive mutant strain; eye drop administration(Morrow et al., 1998) Eye drop administration Morrow et al., 1998 journal Morrow CJ, Markham JF, Whithear KG 1998 42 4 667-670 Avian diseases