Brucellosis in poultry--an experimental study.
Experimental brucellosis with Brucella abortus has been studied in chickens, though antibody response and histopathological changes in the tissues of the birds were conspicuous and noticed consistently, it was not possible to isolate Brucella organisms from lung, liver, spleen and faecal samples of the infected chickens. These observations suggested that birds are resistant to Brucella infection and organisms succumb to death in vivo.
D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002645:Chickens; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology