Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Rio Grande Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) in Southern Utah, USA, 2013.
A male Rio Grande Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) living in semidomestication was submitted for necropsy. Emaciation, a greatly enlarged heart, and chronic passive congestion of the liver were present. Dilated cardiomyopathy occurs in domestic turkey flocks but has not been reported in Wild Turkeys.
1  Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department, Utah State University, 4815 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-4815, USA.|2  Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Central Utah Branch, 1451 S Main, Nephi, Utah 84648, USA.
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1  Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department, Utah State University, 4815 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-4815, USA.|2  Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Central Utah Branch, 1451 S Main, Nephi, Utah 84648, USA.
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1  Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department, Utah State University, 4815 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-4815, USA.|3  Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, 950 E 1400 N, Logan, Utah 84341, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014422:Turkeys; D014589:Utah