Spirochetosis in California game chickens.
An outbreak of spirochetosis occurred in a flock of 75 game chickens in California during fall 1991. Affected birds were weak and anemic. Many had greenish diarrhea. Spirochetes were seen on Giemsa-stained blood smears and in silver-stained tissue sections of kidney, liver, and spleen. Splenomegaly, which is reported to be characteristic of fowl spirochetosis, was not observed in two acutely infected chickens.
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California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System, Turlock Branch Laboratory, University of California, Davis 95381.
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002645:Chickens; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology