Infection with chlamydial bacteria, specifically Chlamydophila pecorum, C. abortus, and C. psittaci, is common in cattle. Infection can cause different diseases of which suband infertility are the most often observed clinical manifestations. While bulls are usually carriers of chlamydia bearing the risk of being vectors for an infection of females, either through natural mating or artificial in...

A severe outbreak of aflatoxicosis and chlamydiosis among chickens in an organised poultry farm, further super-infected by secondary microbial invasion, was investigated. Mortality was 65, 25 and 32% among broiler chicks (1-2 week of age), layer chicks (2-3 weeks of age) and broilers (8-15 weeks of age), respectively. Samples were collected from 20 representative ailing/dead birds included pool...

The koala, an iconic marsupial native to Australia, is a threatened species in many parts of the country. One major factor in the decline is disease caused by infection with Chlamydia. Current therapeutic strategies to treat chlamydiosis in the koala are limited. This study examines the effectiveness of an inhibitor, JO146, which targets the HtrA serine protease for treatment of C. pecorum and ...

Crocodiles and ostriches are very sensitive to stress, and the ideal conditions for intensive rearing have not yet been established. Consequently, mortality is often directly linked to conditions on the farm. Crocodile and caiman pox, adenoviral hepatitis, mycoplasmosis, chlamydiosis and coccidiosis are crocodile-specific infections with reservoirs in wild populations and adult wild-caught bree...

The koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a gammaretrovirus closely related to the gibbon ape leukemia virus and induces leukemias and immune deficiencies associated with opportunistic infections, such as chlamydiosis. Here we characterize a KoRV newly isolated from an animal in a German zoo and show infection of human and rat cell lines in vitro and of rats in vivo, using immunological and PCR methods fo...