A Review of Current Knowledge on in Poultry.

This review aims to summarize recent discoveries and advancements regarding the characteristics of () and its role in poultry pathology. is an emerging pathogen that was primarily associated with mastitis in dairy cattle. After a presumed host jump from cattle to poultry, it was identified as a pathological agent in broiler chickens (), causing lameness induced by bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO), septicemia, and valvular endocarditis. Economic and welfare losses caused by lameness are global problems in the poultry industry, and has been shown to have a potential to induce high incidences of lameness in broiler chickens. exhibits a distinct repertoire of virulence factors found in many different staphylococci. It is closely related to and , hence infections caused by may be misdiagnosed or even undiagnosed. As there are very few reports on in poultry, many facts about its pathogenesis, epidemiology, routes of transmission, and the potential impacts on the poultry industry remain unknown.