SPIROCHETOSIS IN CALIFORNIA GAME CHICKENS

Authors
COOPER GL BICKFORD AA
Citation
Gl. Cooper et Aa. Bickford, SPIROCHETOSIS IN CALIFORNIA GAME CHICKENS, Avian diseases, 37(4), 1993, pp. 1167-1171
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Avian diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052086
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1167 - 1171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2086(1993)37:4<1167:SICGC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
An outbreak of spirochetosis occurred in a flock of 75 game chickens i n California during fall 1991. Affected birds were weak and anemic. Ma ny had greenish diarrhea. Spirochetes were seen on Giemsa-stained bloo d smears and in silver-stained tissue sections of kidney, liver, and s pleen. Splenomegaly, which is reported to be characteristic of fowl sp irochetosis, was not observed in two acutely infected chickens.