Pearson N J, England J J
J Wildl Dis. 1979 Oct;15(4):499-503. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-15.4.499.
A total of 53 clinical specimens from both healthy and diseased Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were examined for Chlamydia. An agent consistently lethal for chicken embryos was recovered from a nasal swab taken from a normal ewe. This agent, designated BHS-15, possesses antigens which fix complement in the presence of anti-chlamydial serum, is susceptible to chlortetracycline, and is resistant to sodium sulfadiazine and streptomycin. Attempts to culture the isolate in quality control media, including blood agar, thioglycolate broth, and PPLO broth and agar were unsuccessful. A recommendation is made for classification of agent BHS-15 as a member of the species Chlamydia psittaci. The possible relationship of the isolate to the pneumonia complex in bighorn sheep is discussed.
对53份来自健康和患病落基山盘羊（加拿大盘羊）的临床样本进行了衣原体检测。从一只正常母羊的鼻拭子中分离出一种对鸡胚始终具有致死性的病原体。这种病原体被命名为BHS - 15，它具有在抗衣原体血清存在下能固定补体的抗原，对金霉素敏感，对磺胺嘧啶钠和链霉素耐药。尝试在包括血琼脂、硫乙醇酸盐肉汤以及PPLO肉汤和琼脂在内的质量控制培养基中培养该分离株，但均未成功。建议将病原体BHS - 15归类为鹦鹉热衣原体种的一个成员。讨论了该分离株与盘羊肺炎综合征可能存在的关系。
