BUMBLE FOOT IN POULTRY - ISOLATION AND DRUG-SENSITIVITY STUDIES ON BACTERIAL ISOLATE

Bumble foot in poultry is a cause of significant economic loss to the poultry industry owing to a localized unilateral or bilateral infectio n in foot that cause bulbous swelling of foot pad and surrounding tiss ues. From the report available in the literature (Peckham, 1984) only a few individuals in the flock are affected. The present communication I reports the isolation and drug sensitivity of bacteria from cases o f bumble foot in poultry maintained in an organised farm.