Ornithohac/erium rhino/rachea/e (ORT) is a relatively rceently diseovered bacterium. which it is associated with respiratory diseases, Tracheal samplcs from carcasses of 100 roultry tlocks submitted to Razi Institute were examined for ORT isolation. Ali these tlocks were affected with respiratory disorders. Colonies of ORT were detected after 24h of incubation and identification of ORT isolates...

Six field strains of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolated from chickens in Elazig province located in the East of Turkey were typed by serotyping and random amplified polymorphic DNA assay using a random primer (OPG-11). Using the AGP test used for serotyping, serotype A was found to be the predominant serotype, only one strain was serotyped as serotype B. By RAPD assay, the tested ORT stra...