title: Septicemia associated with Hafnia alvei in laying hens.
abstract: In the present work Hafnia alvei was isolated from laying hens displaying a reduction in egg production, loss of appetite, opisthotonus, and death. Multifocal necrotizing hepatitis and splenitis were the most prominent lesions. The organism was identified microbiologically. Laying hens were experimentally inoculated by the oral and intraperitoneal route to show the pathogenicity of the organism. A very similar clinicopathologic effect resulted from this trial. Several experimentally infected laying hens died due to septicemia. We conclude that H. alvei may cause a septicemia similar to that reportedly caused by Salmonella spp. in avian species.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Faculty, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Real
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Déniz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orós
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002645:Chickens; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010058:Oviposition; D011201:Poultry Diseases; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology