Synovitis, osteomyelitis, and green liver in turkeys associated with Escherichia coli

Birds in seven commercial meat turkey flocks ranging in age from 8 to 11 weeks experienced lameness with swollen joints. In addition to synovitis, the most frequent lesions were swollen liver, green liver, and osteomyelitis. Different serotypes of Escherichia coli were isolated from lesions. Histopa...

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Published in:Avian diseases 1996-04, Vol.40 (2), p.417-424
Main Authors: Droual, R. (University of California, Davis.), Chin, R.P, Rezvani, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
ARTICULACIONES
ARTICULATION
AVIADENOVIRUS
Bone and Bones - microbiology
Bone and Bones - pathology
DECOLORACION
DECOLORATION
DINDON
Enteritis
ESCHERICHIA COLI
Escherichia coli - classification
Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Escherichia coli Infections - pathology
Escherichia coli Infections - physiopathology
Escherichia coli Infections - veterinary
FOIE
Growth Plate - pathology
Hepatitis E virus
HIGADO
HISTOPATHOLOGIE
HISTOPATOLOGIA
HUESOS
Infections
Joints
Joints - microbiology
Joints - pathology
Lesions
Liver
Liver - microbiology
Liver - pathology
Muscle, Skeletal - pathology
Mycoplasma - isolation & purification
Necrosis
OSTEOMIELITIS
OSTEOMYELITE
Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis - pathology
Osteomyelitis - physiopathology
Osteomyelitis - veterinary
PAVO
Poultry Diseases
SEPTICEMIA
SEPTICEMIE
SEROTIPOS
SEROTYPE
Serotyping
SINOVITIS
Staphylococcus - isolation & purification
SYNOVITE
Synovitis
Synovitis - pathology
Synovitis - physiopathology
Synovitis - veterinary
Tendons - pathology
Turkeys
Viruses
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Summary:Birds in seven commercial meat turkey flocks ranging in age from 8 to 11 weeks experienced lameness with swollen joints. In addition to synovitis, the most frequent lesions were swollen liver, green liver, and osteomyelitis. Different serotypes of Escherichia coli were isolated from lesions. Histopathology revealed the absence of respiratory lesions in five flocks and the presence of enteritis in at least five flocks. Hemorrhagic enteritis virus infection was implicated in six flocks by positive serology, diagnostic histopathology, and/or clinical history. Three E. coli serotypes, isolated from different types of lesions in turkeys, were inoculated intravenously into 7-wk-old poults and produced synovitis and swollen livers 3 days postinoculation. These findings suggest that the synovitis, osteomyelitis, and green liver complex is a distinct form of disease associated with E. coli, which may result from hematogenous spread of the bacteria following hemorrhagic enteritis virus infection
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1592240