| ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection in turkey breeders. | a sequence of outbreaks of respiratory disease separated by intervals of about 2 wk occurred on three turkey breeder ranches. the last two ranches affected belonged to different companies and were separated by a distance of 11 km. mortality on the last ranch was particularly severe among certain segregated groups of turkeys that included toms, heavier birds, and birds undergoing a stressful event such as artificial insemination. on this ranch, percentages of mortality within an 18-day period wer ... | 1996 | 8980819 |
| inclusion body tracheitis associated with avian adenovirus in turkeys. | nine turkey flocks with basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies, suggestive of adenovirus, within the epithelial cells of the tracheal mucosa were studied. respiratory signs and increased mortality occurred in turkeys between 6 and 10 wk of age from nine commercial turkey meat flocks in central california. necropsy findings included tracheitis and occasional mild sinusitis. histopathology of the tracheas revealed epithelial deciliation, squamous metaplasia, large basophilic intranuclear inclusi ... | 1998 | 9777161 |
| retrospective study on the isolation of ornithobacterium rhinotracheale from chickens and turkeys in central california: 294 cases (2000-12). | ornithobacterium rhinotracheale is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, and mostly oxidase-positive bacterium that causes respiratory infections in chickens and turkeys worldwide and can also spread to nonrespiratory organs. the present report analyzes 294 cases in which o. rhinotracheale was isolated from turkeys or chickens in central california in the years 2000 through 2012. two hundred sixteen cases were from turkey flocks and 78 from chicken flocks. the median age of turkey flocks was 8.7 wk; the ... | 2015 | 26292546 |