title: Avian tuberculosis in a wild turkey.
abstract: A liver from a hunter-harvested wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from Kansas was evaluated by the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study. Grossly, the liver contained several grayish-white masses ranging from 0.5-3 cm in diameter. These masses were scattered throughout the parenchyma and bulged from the capsular surface. Histologic examination revealed multifocal to coalescing granulomas with low numbers of acid-fast bacilli within multinucleated giant cells at the periphery of the granulomas. Culture of the liver yielded Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium and low numbers of Staphylococcus intermedius.
authors.affiliation: Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gerhold
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D007615:Kansas; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013210:Staphylococcus; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000473:pathology*; D014422:Turkeys