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Macrorhabdus ornithogaster (Megabacterium) infection in adult hobby chickens in North America.

Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network, Carnesville Branch, 159 A.T. Mauldin Drive, Carnesville, GA 30521, USA.
Avian Diseases (impact factor: 1.46). 06/2011; 55(2):331-4. pp.331-4
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT A field investigation was conducted on a flock of adult hobby chickens showing intermittent signs of enteritis. Roosters examined in the initial field visit and postmortem had cecal worms, roundworms, tetratrichomonads, and coccidiosis. Macrorhabdus ornithogaster was diagnosed histologically in the mucosal isthmus of the proventriculus and ventriculus. Three roosters and two hens were examined in a follow-up investigation of the flock conducted 9 days later. Macrorhabdus ornithogaster was confirmed in one hen.

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Keywords

adult hobby chickens
 
coccidiosis
 
enteritis
 
field investigation
 
flock conducted 9 days
 
follow-up investigation
 
histologically
 
initial field visit
 
intermittent signs
 
proventriculus
 
ventriculus
 

Elena L Behnke