Inclusion-body hepatitis in day-old turkeys.
Inclusion-body hepatitis was diagnosed in 1-day-old turkeys experiencing above-average mortality. At necropsy, turkeys appeared anemic and had pale yellow livers. Histopathologic examination of affected livers revealed diffuse hepatic degeneration and multifocal necrosis, with approximately 70% of the hepatocytes containing large, basophilic, intranuclear inclusion bodies. An adenovirus was isolated from affected livers and identified as a group I avian adenovirus by indirect immunofluorescence.
Guy
J S
JS
Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
Schaeffer
J L
JL
Barnes
H J
HJ
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000259:Aviadenovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014422:Turkeys