STUDIES ON PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA OF BIRDS 1- INCIDENCE IN CHICKENS AND TURKEYS | ||
Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
Article 6, Volume 17.1, Issue 33, May 1986, Pages 44-51 PDF (2.31 M) | ||
Document Type: Research article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/avmj.1986.189964 | ||
Authors | ||
A.H. FARID; H.A. TORKY; M.M. EL-NIMR; M.A. AKEULA; M. EZZAT | ||
Abstract | ||
A total of 1325 swabs were collected from the nasal cleft, nosophary nx and trachea of infected as well as apparently healthy fowls and turkeys of not less than 3 months old. rate was found to be 11.3% (150 The incidence of total recovery swabs). The incidence of isolation of P. multocida was significanlty lower in turkeys than that from fowls (11.8 versus 8.9%). The number of positive cases from reported infected birds was higher, in contrary to the lower percentage from healthy birds (143 and 7 strains respectively). The rate of isolation from the swabs was 25.3, 12 and 1.4 for the nasopharyngeal, nasal and tracheal swabs respectively. | ||
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