RELATIONSHIP OF SEX, AGE, AND CONCURRENT INTESTINAL DISEASE TO NECROTIC ENTERITIS IN TURKEYS

A retrospective case-control study of necrotic enteritis in turkeys wa s done. Male necks were involved in a significantly greater proportion of necrotic enteritis cases compared with control cases. Necrotic ent eritis cases occurred most frequently between 6 and 11 weeks of age. W ithin this age range, the probability of a necrotic enteritis case hav ing a concurrent intestinal disease diagnosis was significantly higher than the probability in control cases. Coccidiosis nias the most freq uently diagnosed concurrent intestinal disease with necrotic enteritis , followed by clinical hemorrhagic enteritis and ascaridiasis.