Chlamydial infections in birds and animals
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Chlamydiae are important pathogens of a range of birds and animals including sheep, cattle, pigs, cats, goats, koalas, other Australian marsupials, amphibians and reptiles. Recent changes to chlamydial taxonomy has seen the proposal of two genera, Chlamydia/Chlamydophila with nine species – C trachomatis, C muridarum, C suis, C psittaci, C pecorum, C abortus, C caveae, C felis and C pneumoniae – eight of which can infect and cause disease in animals.
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