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Spirochetosis in California Game Chickens

1993; American Association of Avian Pathologists; Volume: 37; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1591932

1938-4351

G. L. Cooper, A. A. Bickford,

Leptospirosis research and findings

An outbreak of spirochetosis occurred in a flock of 75 game chickens in California during fall 1991. Affected birds were weak and anemic. Many had greenish diarrhea. Spirochetes were seen on Giemsa-stained blood smears and in silver-stained tissue sections of kidney, liver, and spleen. Splenomegaly, which is reported to be characteristic of fowl spirochetosis, was not observed in two acutely infected chickens.