title: Intralesional herpesvirus, reovirus-like particles, and bacteria in a flock of broiler chicks with spiking mortality, diarrhea, and enterotyphlitis.
abstract: The search for a solitary cause of spiking mortality (so-called spiking mortality syndrome) among broiler chicks has been thwarted by the fact that multiple agents cause similar mortality histograms. In the present case report, we describe intralesional herpesvirus, reovirus-like virus particles, and bacteria in small and large intestines from chicks with a spiking mortality histogram, diarrhea, and enterotyphlitis. We attributed the spiking mortality histogram to starvation coupled with diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood 30566, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Player
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Magee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002645:Chickens; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010179:Pancreas / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011201:Poultry Diseases; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013577:Syndrome