| avian hepatitis e virus in an outbreak of hepatitis--splenomegaly syndrome and fatty liver haemorrhage syndrome in two flaxseed-fed layer flocks in ontario. | two commercial layer chicken flocks that were fed a flax-based diet beginning at 28 weeks of age for the production of omega-3 fatty-acid-enriched eggs experienced increased mortality when the birds reached 37 weeks. the average weekly mortality was 0.34% over a 20-week period, with peak mortality of 0.9% for 1 week. reduced feed consumption, reduced body weight gain and poor peak production were noticed prior to the onset of increased mortality. a total of 245 birds were necropsied and 78% of t ... | 2006 | 16990151 |