| Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Weeksellaceae |
| Genus: | Ornithobacterium |
| Species: | O. rhinotracheale
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Vandamme et al. 1994[1]
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Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, or ORT, is a bacterium that causes respiratory disease in poultry. It can cause disease in birds of all ages and is potentially fatal.[2] O. rhinotracheale is found worldwide, and the bacterium may be spread between birds either horizontally or vertically. It is not a zoonosis.
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Ornithobacterium". LPSN.
- ^ Barbosa, Eunice Ventura; Cardoso, Clarissa Varajão; Silva, Rita de Cássia Figueira; Cerqueira, Aloysio de Mello Figueiredo; Liberal, Maíra Halfen Teixeira; Castro, Helena Carla (2019-12-27). "Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale: An Update Review about An Emerging Poultry Pathogen". Veterinary Sciences. 7 (1): 3. doi:10.3390/vetsci7010003. ISSN 2306-7381. PMC 7157751. PMID 31892160.