Serologic associations between fowl cholera and other diseases.
As part of a case-control study designed to identify fowl cholera risk factors, 2087 blood samples were collected from 71 California meat-turkey flocks. Samples were tested for antibodies to three mycoplasmas and four viruses pathogenic for turkeys. Flocks that had antibodies to Newcastle disease virus and/or Mycoplasma meleagridis had an increased risk of having an outbreak of fowl cholera. This information should prove useful for fowl cholera control programs in meat turkeys.
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D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014422:Turkeys; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral