title: Acute hemorrhagic enterocolitis in ratites: isolation of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus and reproduction of the disease in ostriches and turkey poults.
abstract: Two emus died with acute hemorrhagic enterocolitis. Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE) virus was isolated in Vero cells from non-pooled samples of brain and intestine. Enterocolitis with splenic and hepatic necrosis was reproduced by intramuscular or oral inoculation of this isolate in two ostriches and three turkey poults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Avian Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D004663:Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys