[Rapid identification of Riemerella anatipestifer on the basis of specific PCR amplifying 16S rDNA].

Riemerella anatipestifer (RA) infection is the main disease causing severe losses in duck production. Because RA is characterized more by the absence than by the presence of specific phenotypic properties and different scholar had the different results of biochemical detection, it can't always be identified quickly and correctly only by the phenotypic properties or biochemical characteristics. The research object was to develop a species specific PCR method for RA detection.