title: Outbreak of mycotic tracheitis in domestic fowl.
abstract: An outbreak of mycotic tracheitis was observed in 8000 2-month-old, female White Leghorn birds. The birds were showing difficult respiration and there was mortality of 7-8 birds daily in the flock. On post-mortem examination of the affected birds, the trachea was found to be occluded with a white caseous mass. Microscopically hyphae were found invading the tracheal epithelium, cartilage and serosal layer along with infiltration of macrophages and lymphocytes. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated in pure culture from the trachea. The birds responded to oral copper sulphate treatment. The ubiquitous occurrence of the organism and the conditions of the harvesting season have been found to be responsible for the outbreak of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Grewal
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dhaliwal
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*