Cysts resembling hydatids in a chicken.
Two large cysts recovered from the abdominal cavity of a domestic chicken superficially resembled hydatid cysts of Echinococcus spp. No protoscolices were present. Microscopic examination of the internal lining of one of the cysts revealed a single cuboidal to columnar, ciliated epithelium, leading to a diagnosis of oviduct cysts. Earlier records of hydatids of fowl are reviewed.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D010057:Oviducts / Q000473:pathology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000473:pathology*