Molecular Confirmation and Immunological Cross
Reactivity among Mycoplasma
gallisepticum Isolates Recovered from Broiler Chicken in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Atta Ur Rehman*ˡ, Abdul Haleem Shah², Sajjad Ur
Rahman³, Sanaullah Sajid³, Imdad Ullah Khan1, Qudrat
Ullah4, Arshad Farid5and Muhammad Hashim Khan5
1Faculty
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Gomal University,
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan; 2Institute of
Biological Sciences, Gomal University,
Dera Ismail Khan,
Pakistan; 3Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of
Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, 38040 Faisalabad,
Pakistan; 4Faculty
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Agriculture, Dera
Ismail Khan, Pakistan; 5Gomal Center of
Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Gomal University,
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
*Corresponding author:arehman@gu.edu.pk
Abstract
Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is responsible for serious economic losses in
poultry industry in Pakistan. The present study was designed to evaluate the
molecular and immunological cross reactivity among MG isolates recovered from
broiler birds. For this purpose a total of four hundred and thirty-four (n=434)
specimen samples were taken from suspected broilers as well as environmental
samples of forty commercial poultry (broiler) farms from DIK, Tank, Peshawar,
Abbottabad and Mansehra districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These samples were
inoculated and serially passage into Modified Frey’s broth. One hundred and nine
(25.1%) samples showed turbidity and were further processed through biochemical
tests (Catalase production, Tetrazolium reduction, Phosphatase production, Film
and spot Assay and Glucose fermentation). Typical fried egg colonies on Frey’s
agar were purified. Biochemical tests indicated Mycoplasma species as 2.5% of
total specimen samples. The PCR results confirmed (185 bp) three MG isolates
(MG-I, MG-II and MG-III) with 0.7% prevalence in total specimen samples. All
three antigens (Formalin inactivated and Montanide adjuvanted) were
subcutaneously inoculated @ 0.5 ml into rabbits and booster on 7 days post first
inoculation. Sera samples collected after 14 days post booster shot, were
processed for antibody titration using Haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test
with homologous and heterologous antigens. The immunological cross reactivity
indicated all three MG isolates as distinctly separate from each other. The
immunological cross reactivity was existing with 66 to 87.18% among all three
isolates. The results showed high homologous GMT titers as compared to
heterologous for each MG isolate.
To Cite This Article:
Rehman AU, Shah AH, Rahman SU, Sajid S, Khan IU,
Ullah Q, Farid Aand Khan MH, 2022. Molecular confirmation and
Immunological cross reactivity among
Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates recovered from broiler chicken in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Pak Vet J, 42(4):
487-492.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2021.045