title: Outbreak of septicaemic colibacillosis in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
abstract: We have carried out an aetiological and pathological study of an outbreak of septicaemia caused by the O165 serogroup of Escherichia coli in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) which resulted in high mortality (90%). After treatment with amoxicilin in drinking water (200 mg/l), morbility and mortality rates dropped markedly. Microbiological studies showed that the organism responsible was an atypical E. coli strain, on the basis of the non-fermentation of lactose (ONPG-), which belonged to the O165 serogroup and was highly virulent for 1-day-old chickens.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arenas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gomez-Villamandos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Astorga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tarradas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002645:Chickens; D003370:Coturnix; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014774:Virulence