Publications

an epornitic of fatal chlamydiosis (ornithosis) in south carolina turkeys.	an unusual epornitic of fatal chlamydiosis occurred in a flock of 10,283 domestic turkeys in south carolina. total mortality over a 2-week period was 483 birds (4.7% of the flock). the principal gross lesion was severe pericarditis, but there was little or no airsacculitis, an observation at variance with many previous reports of chlamydiosis. furthermore, an unusually heavy infestation of the turkeys with sanguivorous black flies (simulium slossonae and s congareenarum) was observed at the time ...	1975	1112744
periodicity of leucocytozoon smithi gametocytes in the peripheral blood of domestic turkeys.	gametocytes of leucocytozoon smithi exhibited a cyclic activity both in cardiac and peripheral blood of domestic turkeys during a given 24-hr. period. peak parasitemias occurred from 0800 to 2000 hr., and mean low parasitemias from 2200 to 0400. the most prominent feeding period of the vector simulium slossonae coincided with the period of elevated parasitemia in the turkey host.	1976	819917