An outbreak of type C botulism in broiler chickens.
An outbreak of type C botulism involving three-week-old broiler chickens on deep litter is described. No direct source of toxin was found. Cl botulinum type C was distributed widely in the litter, and several thousand per gram were demonstrated both in the litter and in the intestinal contents of chicken.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000097:blood; D001906:Botulism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002645:Chickens; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D001905:Botulinum Toxins