| respiratory disease (rhinotracheitis) of turkeys in brittany, france. iii. interaction of multiple infecting agents. | a candidate breeder flock of turkeys was studied during and after an outbreak of rhinotracheitis. laboratory studies revealed the presence of three pathogens during the acute phase of the disease. these agents were hemorrhagic enteritis virus (hev), paramyxovirus type 2 (pmv2), and chlamydia. twenty-five turkeys in the flock were individually identified, and blood samples from these birds were collected for serological studies each week for 21 weeks. the serological results revealed high titers ... | 1985 | 2985039 |
| respiratory disease (rhinotracheitis) in turkeys in brittany, france, 1981-1982. ii. laboratory findings. | after discovering that numerous turkey flocks experiencing rhinotracheitis in brittany, france, had antibodies against chlamydia, laboratory studies were conducted to determine whether chlamydia and/or viruses would explain the respiratory disease observed. although both lentogenic paramyxoviruses of type 1 (newcastle disease virus) and chlamydia psittaci were isolated, it was concluded, based on epidemiologic and other laboratory findings, that c. psittaci was the primary cause of the disease. | 1985 | 3985882 |