High mortality of domestic turkeys associated with Ascaridia dissimilis

Third and fourth-stage Ascaridia dissimilis larvae were isolated from commercial white turkey intestinal scrapings from two farms that were experiencing high mortality. Lesions consisted of a necrotic-like enteritis that was most severe in the jejunum. Subsequent bacteriological isolation yielded he...

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Published in:Avian diseases 1992-04, Vol.36 (2), p.469-473
Main Authors: Norton, R.A. (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR), Hopkins, B.A, Skeeles, J.K, Beasley, J.N, Kreeger, J.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACARIDAE
Animals
Ascaridia - isolation & purification
Ascaridiasis - complications
Ascaridiasis - drug therapy
Ascaridiasis - mortality
Ascaridiasis - veterinary
Bacterial Infections - complications
Bacterial Infections - veterinary
Case Reports
Chickens
Crops
DINDON
Duodenum - parasitology
Duodenum - pathology
Enteritis
Fenbendazole - therapeutic use
INTESTIN
INTESTINOS
Jejunum
Jejunum - pathology
Larva - isolation & purification
Larvae
Larval development
Male
MORTALIDAD
MORTALITE
Mortality
NEMATODA
Nematode larvae
Nematodes
PATHOLOGIE
PATOLOGIA
PAVO
Poultry Diseases - drug therapy
Poultry Diseases - mortality
Turkeys
Turkeys - parasitology
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Summary:Third and fourth-stage Ascaridia dissimilis larvae were isolated from commercial white turkey intestinal scrapings from two farms that were experiencing high mortality. Lesions consisted of a necrotic-like enteritis that was most severe in the jejunum. Subsequent bacteriological isolation yielded heavy growth of Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens. The rate of mortality declined rapidly when the turkeys were administered 18 ppm fenbendazole for 7 days
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1591532