| detection of dna of histomonas meleagridis and tetratrichomonas gallinarum in german poultry flocks between 2004 and 2008. | between 2004 and 2008, 338 samples from 156 german turkey, chicken, and peacock flocks with suspected histomonosis (histomoniasis) were sent to the institute for poultry diseases of the free university berlin. most samples were from ceca or livers; the other samples were organ pools or were taken from other organs or the environment. in 108 samples from 65 flocks, histomonal dna was detected by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). tetratrichomonas gallinarum dna was found in 5.3% of investigated sam ... | 2010 | 20945783 |