title: An unusual Clostridium colinum infection in broiler chickens.
abstract: An unusual syndrome has been observed during the past two years in flocks of 12- to 25-day-old broiler chickens in Israel. The disease is characterized by enterotoxaemic-like signs including a high and sudden mortality, apathy, severe localized enteritis and nephrosis. C. colinum which is the causal agent of ulcerative enteritis has been the only bacteria consistently isolated from the affected chickens. The clinical and pathological findings in this syndrome are different from those reported for ulcerative enteritis.
authors.affiliation: Regional Poultry Diseases Laboratory Experimental Station Gilat, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perelman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mints
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zjut
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuttin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machny