Introduction
Chlamydia muridarum
Chlamydia suis
Chlamydophila psittaci
Introduction
History
Epidemiology
Clinical signs in birds
Clinical signs in humans
Diagnosis
Typing of avian isolates
Treatment and control
BibliographyChlamydophila abortus
Introduction / History
Epidemiology
Clinical
signs in ruminants
Clinical signs in humans
Immune response
Diagnosis in ruminants
Typing in ruminants
Treatment
Vaccination
Bibliography
Chlamydophila felis
Introduction and history
Epidemiology
Clinical signs in cats
Human
infections
Diagnosis
Typing
Vaccination
& Treatment
Bibliography
Chlamydophila caviae
Infection in guinea pigs
Bibliography
Chlamydophila pecorum
Introduction
Epidemiology
Clinical symptoms
Diagnosis
Typing
Treatment and control
Bibliography
Neochlamydia hartmanellae
Ocular
disease in cats
 (March 08)
Infection in various species
Infection in pigs
Bibliography
Infection in koalas
Bibliography
Infection in horses
Bibliography
Infection in dogs
Bibliography
Infections in other species: vertebrata
Infections in
other species: Invertebrata
Bibliography
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The mouse pneumonitis agent
A significant problem, and tetracycline resistance too!
Psittacosis recognized since the 1870s
Main reservoir is the GI tract
Local and systemic disease
Severe or atypical pneumonia; septicaemia
Laboratory diagnosis
8 serovars, A to H
Chlortetracycline; quarantine and surveillance
Described in Scotland in 1936
Economically significant
Systemic disease & localisation to placenta
Hazard to pregnant women
Pregnancy skews to a Th2 response
Laboratory methods
RFLP and PCR based methods
Prophylactic treatment of flocks; control measures
Live and inactivated vaccines
Isolated from cat pneumonia in 1944
Endemic among house cats world wide
Conjunctivitis and respiratory
Conjunctivitis and systemic involvment
Classic and molecular methods
Geographically heterogeneous
Tetracyclines and live vaccine
Conjunctiva is main site
A relatively new species
Widespread
Encephalitis, pneumonia, arthritis etc
Laboratory diagnosis
Subtypes differing in pathogenicity
Many cases go unrecognised
N. hartmanellae as a newly discovered cause of
keratoconjunctivitis in cats
Clinical spectrum
A serious problem
Ocular, genital and respiratory infection
Comparatively little investigated
From marsupials to humans
From amoebae to molluscs
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