title: Necropsy of chickens, turkeys, and other poultry.
abstract: Necropsy of dead or terminally ill birds is a key approach to disease diagnosis. It is important that one establish an orderly, consistent necropsy procedure and evaluate gross lesions as to their likely cause and significance. A very high percentage of farm flock poultry maladies can be diagnosed by gross lesions plus a few simple laboratory procedures, such as direct microscopy, Gram's stain, fecal flotation, and aerobic bacteriology.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000662:veterinary; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000662:veterinary; D002195:Capillaria; D002645:Chickens; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000662:veterinary; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000382:microbiology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary; D011200:Poultry; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D014422:Turkeys