Recurrent outbreaks of a cutaneous form of Pasteurella multocida infection in turkeys.
Cutaneous infection caused by Pasteurella multocida was diagnosed in a flock of seven thousand 17-to-22-week old male turkeys. The affected grow-out facility had an annual outbreak of fowl cholera, in which a cutaneous infection ventral and lateral to the tail was the predominant lesion. P. multocida serotypes 1 and 14 were the predominant isolates. The exact source of the infection was not determined.
Moroni Feed Company, Utah 84646.
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D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D008297:Male; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys