Publications

immunopathology and cytokine responses in commercial broiler chickens with gangrenous dermatitis.	gangrenous dermatitis (gd) is an emerging disease of increasing economic importance in poultry resulting from infection by clostridium septicum and clostridium perfringens type a. lack of a reproducible disease model has been a major obstacle in understanding the immunopathology of gd. to gain better understanding of host-pathogen interactions in gd infection, we evaluated various immune parameters in two groups of birds from a recent commercial outbreak of gd, the first showing typical disease ...	2010	20706881
an outbreak of gangrenous dermatitis in commercial broiler chickens.	the present report describes an outbreak of gangrenous dermatitis (gd) infection in a commercial poultry farm in delaware involving 34-day-old broiler chickens. in addition to obvious clinical signs, some gd-affected broilers also showed severe fibrino-necrotic enteritis and large numbers of gram-positive rods in the necrotic tissue. histopathological findings included haemorrhage, degeneration and necrosis of parenchymatous cells, especially of skin, muscle, and intestine. immunofluorescence st ...	2010	20706880