Capillariasis in penned wild turkeys.
Capillariasis caused by Capillaria annulata was associated with dilated crops, emaciation and mortality of 23 juvenile wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in a captive flock. Gross lesions in the crops ranged from slithtly-thickened lining folds to a thick necrotic diphtheritic membrane covering the entire inside surface. The parasites were in the squamous epithelium. Hygromycin controlled the outbreak.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D002195:Capillaria; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000469:parasitology