National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Considering the highest duck population in the eastern part of India, a preliminary study was carried out in Assam to investigate duck septicaemia like disease condition and the association of Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks. Among the 98samples collected from ducks (34) comprising healthy ducks (10), ducks with clinical symptoms (19), suggestive of duck septicaemia and dead ducks (5); 13 samples revealed isolation of R. anatipestifer. Molecular confirmation of the isolates, using R. anatipestifer specific PCR assay (564 bp), as well as gyrB-based PCR (162 bp) revealed both the genes to be suitable molecular markers for identification of the isolates as R. anatipestifer. Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion tests were used to analyze the antibiotic resistance of 13R. anatipestifer isolates. The present study is the first report of molecular detection of R. anatipestifer from ducks in Guwahati, Assam and suggests that the PCR assay can facilitate fast and accurate identification of R. anatipestifer infection in ducks during disease outbreaks.
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