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- Title
Riemerella Anatipestifer Infection in Chickens.
- Authors
Li, J. X.; Tang, Y.; Gao, J. Y.; Huang, C. H.; Ding, M. J.
- Abstract
Riemerella anatipestifer (RA) is the causative agent of septicemic and exudative disease for a variety of bird species. Although RA had been isolated from chickens, whether can bring damages to them is not unrevealed yet. In this study, we report a flock of SanHuang chickens infected by RA with 15% morbidity and less than 8% mortality. The infection is further substantiated by case duplicate. The tested chickens demonstrate typical signs of pericarditis, air sacculitis and perihepatitis that are completely consistent with the field outbreak. The results suggest that RA is pathogenic to SanHuang chickens, which can then be theoretically and practicably incorporated into its infection spectrum.
- Subjects
CHICKEN diseases; PASTEURELLOSIS; VETERINARY virology; VETERINARY epidemiology; ANIMAL mortality; PERICARDITIS; PATHOGENIC microorganisms
- Publication
Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0253-8318
- Publication type
Article