Comparative susceptibility of caponized and uncaponized tom turkeys to Pasteurella multocida.
When susceptibility to virulent Pasteurella multocida was compared, there was no significant (P greater than 0.05) difference between caponized and uncaponized tom turkeys. Neither was there any significant (P greater than 0.05) difference between the surviving caponized and uncaponized toms in the development of serum anti-P. multocida antibody. However, at 28 weeks of age, the average live body weight of the caponized toms was significantly (P less than 0.05) lower than that of the uncaponized toms. Turkeys were caponized when 9 weeks old, and different groups were exposed to P. multocida when 13, 18, 23, and 28 weeks old.
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001835:Body Weight; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D014422:Turkeys; D014774:Virulence
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial