title: Risk factors associated with poult enteritis mortality syndrome-positive turkey flocks.
abstract: Poult enteritis mortality syndrome (PEMS) has been an economically devastating disease in North Carolina since the early 1990s. Though much is known about the disease, many questions remain unanswered about the syndrome, including its cause, transmission of causative agent(s), and control methods. This study was designed to investigate the association between PEMS and farm management factors. A prospective longitudinal study was conducted by collecting farm data and monitoring weekly mortality in 54 commercial turkey flocks raised in PEMS-affected regions. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses revealed that enhancing rodent control methods was negatively associated (P = 0.0228) with PEMS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
authors.forename: Donna K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stringham
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D004753:Enteritis, Transmissible, of Turkeys / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006304:Health Status; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D031261:Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018401:Sample Size; D014422:Turkeys